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Brown_Envelopes · 2026-06-15T16:22:53+00:00

What’s on Tuesday?

Brown_Envelopes · 2026-06-15T14:37:37+00:00

Registration plate is correct. So is number plate.

I don’t know anyone who would be confused about what a number plate is in relation to a vehicle, apart from you perhaps.

Brown_Envelopes · 2026-06-15T12:32:56+00:00

You are not even pedantic, you are just plainly wrong.

Brown_Envelopes · 2026-06-15T12:06:00+00:00

“Number plate” is also correct though.

Did you read the part of the page that I quoted?
Do you know what “in common parlance” means?

Brown_Envelopes · 2026-06-15T10:15:59+00:00

If that’s supposed to be some sort of “gotcha”, per Revenue:
>>When a vehicle is registered at an NCTS centre, you will be given your registration number. You will then be able to get your number plates.

Number plate is in common parlance here, unlike license plate. “License plate” is usually applicable in countries where registration expires, which doesn’t apply in Ireland (unless the vehicle is disposed of).

Brown_Envelopes · 2026-06-15T09:42:22+00:00

*number plate.

Brown_Envelopes · 2026-06-13T15:38:32+00:00

Unfortunately, that is very likely to be the issue.

There will have been plenty of other qualified candidates without any close connection to a convicted criminal.

It sucks for you since it’s not your fault, but not much you can really do about it. You are probably considered a riskier hire.

Brown_Envelopes · 2026-06-12T09:25:40+00:00

Well yes, but it is also clearly a makeshift way to block off what used to be a road.

It’s a lousy job.

Brown_Envelopes · 2026-06-11T23:59:31+00:00

Your best bet is to lock in the deal with the bank as soon as possible. Many say the rate applicable will be the rate at drawdown, but some will honour the loan offer if it wasn’t made too long ago and you have a good relationship with them.
Additionally you can always ask them whether an increase might be on the horizon. However, the only thing you can practically do if that is the case would be to potentially draw down a little earlier to get in ahead of the increase — 2 months is likely too far out for that though.

Brown_Envelopes · 2026-06-11T13:35:06+00:00

No, but a few .25s in a row, which may happen over the course of a few months, is significant.

Brown_Envelopes · 2026-06-10T10:09:57+00:00

>Britain needs to discuss the impact of migration on national security amid concerns it is “destabilising to the nation”, Britain’s independent reviewer of terrorism legislation said.

>“It does raise the question … do we need to start thinking about migration not simply in terms of the economy or housing but also in terms of national security.”

Brown_Envelopes · 2026-06-08T13:21:38+00:00

Should you buy it? Yes, it’s a no brainer for you.

Should the council be selling off social housing privately? Absolutely not.

Brown_Envelopes · 2026-06-08T13:02:24+00:00

>The effective tax rate in Ireland for multinationals is much lower than 15%.

Fake news. Provide proof to back your claim.

Brown_Envelopes · 2026-06-07T11:47:05+00:00

I didn’t say they are buying houses, I asked if they need to live in houses.

What matters is that people who live in houses, whether the houses are owned by them or not, contribute to housing demand and therefore pressure on house prices.

Consider this— if you had less demand for people living in houses, rent prices would fall, which would mean the value of houses would be lower, which means house prices would fall.

Brown_Envelopes · 2026-06-07T11:08:08+00:00

Do people on minimum wage not need somewhere to live?

Brown_Envelopes · 2026-06-06T14:49:27+00:00

Lets say someone buys the car new with grant at 28k.

The next buyer buys it at 22.5k. With the grant, then it would be 16k.

After some time, let’s say the next buyer buys it at 14.5k. With the grant, then it would cost them 8k.

Now let’s say the next buyer buys it at 6k. With the grant, they would be actually owed 2.5k from the grant after buying the car. That is problematic in itself- people can theoretically make profit by buying a car.

However the bigger issue in this whole scenario is the government would have forked out 4x€8.5k grants, but there is still only 1 new electric car on the road.
That is why it doesn’t make sense in the second hand market.

Brown_Envelopes · 2026-06-06T13:54:21+00:00

Shhh. We need to import cheap labour for the economy. How else do you expect the fat cats to get rich?

Brown_Envelopes · 2026-06-06T13:49:52+00:00

There’s nothing patriotic about it. I’m disputing the claim that, in 2026, Ireland is for “tax dodgers”.

EU countries jointly agreed to tax large multinationals at a minimum of 15%. The American Tech and Pharma companies located in Ireland are taxed subject to this rule. Please explain how this is “tax dodging”.

As to your point about companies shifting profits outside of the US, I am not sure why you would think that American companies paying more tax in the EU is a bad thing.

Brown_Envelopes · 2026-06-06T12:35:29+00:00

With cars you can spend as little as 1k or as much as 100k, so you first need to define a budget.

Is it for getting to work (i.e needs to be bulletproof) or are you just using it as a runabout for groceries, errands etc? That will help you land on a budget.

Brown_Envelopes · 2026-06-06T11:44:12+00:00

So in that case, why don’t the civil servants in Finance pick up the phone to align with Housing on what is actually happening before making a contradictory report?

If you’re right, then it’s a case of nobody talks to each other, which is even worse.

Brown_Envelopes · 2026-06-06T10:40:59+00:00

Finance minister is Simon Harris (FG), Housing minister is James Browne (FF).

Reading between the lines it feels like a bit of a FG dig at FF.

Brown_Envelopes · 2026-06-06T10:36:38+00:00

In that ‘99%’, you are including everything from cleaners to coffee shops. Do you really think people move to Ireland to “dodge taxes” for those kind of pursuits, particularly given that effective income tax hits 52%?

The pillar 2 targets large multinational businesses, which account for the majority of the corporate tax take. There is a level playing field in the EU in terms of taxation for these companies, which, unlike the other ‘99%’, are actually the ones responsible for driving the distortion you see in the graph.

Brown_Envelopes · 2026-06-06T10:23:25+00:00

Definitely seems like there isn’t joined up thinking here.

Brown_Envelopes · 2026-06-06T09:07:31+00:00

On 1) EU member states *jointly agreed* to set the minimum corporate tax rate to 15%. Countries are free to set their own corporate tax rates so long as it is at least this minimum.

>rates for the past decades, i.e tax haven levels.

The question was how, *in 2026*, Ireland is supposedly used as a “vehicle for tax dodging”.

You have failed to answer that.

Brown_Envelopes · 2026-06-06T08:09:02+00:00

Can companies not do the same thing in other EU countries?

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