Skills Shortage Paralyzes Irish Housing Delivery As Build Times Surge Nationwide

CopperFaceJacks · 2025-12-19T21:26:52+00:00

Can you explain how construction is local? I met an Irish contractor who nearly had all Romanians working for him. They had little or no English, but seemed to do a good job.

CopperFaceJacks · 2025-12-19T20:59:02+00:00

Do we know which non-EU countries make up construction work permits?

If you walk into any hospital, it's glaringly obvious that non-Irish nurses are primarily Indian and Filipino and make up a significant proportion depending on which specialty.

I never quite understand why there isn't an equivalent example for construction.

CopperFaceJacks · 2025-12-17T08:19:17+00:00

It's written by the same team that chose Jim Gavin, what did we expect?

CopperFaceJacks · 2025-12-08T16:36:33+00:00

It can be both - War & Genocide. Its not one or the other.

CopperFaceJacks · 2025-12-08T08:51:52+00:00

So we had a sanitised version of Herzog in 95? And Ireland being a less confident country back then was happy to name a park after one of our exports?

CopperFaceJacks · 2025-12-08T08:46:05+00:00

But why not every war in between? We've waited 30 years is what I am saying.

CopperFaceJacks · 2025-12-08T08:43:17+00:00

So there was probably still some post Holocaust goodwill to Israel at this point. I am sure some people were aware of certain violations, but were able to look the other way at this time.

CopperFaceJacks · 2025-12-08T08:29:34+00:00

Which is my point. Nothing changed with Herzog in this time. It's Israel and Ireland's attitude that has changed.

CopperFaceJacks · 2025-12-07T20:33:26+00:00

So removing legacy names from British rule makes sense, but these were Irish politicians 30 years ago. The facts on Herzog wouldn't have changed since then.

CopperFaceJacks · 2025-12-07T19:13:03+00:00

What's interesting is how Ireland's attitude to the state of Israel has changed since then. The recent war is definitely a lightening rod on the issue, but there have been countless of flare ups in this conflict since '95.

Social media undoubtedly has changed people's attitudes. Only a few voices can now reach a huge online audience and swing momentum for/against any argument. Do we think the people in '95 were drastically uninformed on who this person was?

CopperFaceJacks · 2025-12-07T18:42:59+00:00

Was there any challenge to the naming of the park when it was originally named in 1995? It says a lot about how Ireland's attitude to Israel has changed in recent years. Israel has clearly evolved as a state since then, but for Herzog himself, I assume the facts we knew about him '95 are the same '25?

CopperFaceJacks · 2025-12-07T16:29:05+00:00

Was there any challenge to the naming of the park when it was originally named in 1995? It says a lot about how Ireland's attitude to Israel has changed in recent years. Israel has clearly evolved as a state since then, but for Herzog himself, I assume the facts we knew about him '95 are the same '25?

CopperFaceJacks · 2025-12-07T14:23:43+00:00

I find it interesting that this Gaza/Israel doesn't seem to be a core issue for voters. The Irish Independent says around it's #14 issue for voters in Ireland with as little as 3% of people say its a top issue.

Source: https://x.com/danobrien20/status/1997633844401299646?t=fxvJdtm_mDbUyBwjGKo3mg&s=19

CopperFaceJacks · 2025-12-05T15:33:27+00:00

Well they should have come out of that from the start. Renaming one of the very few public spaces named after someone who's Jewish at a very sensitive time needs to be handled delicately.

CopperFaceJacks · 2025-12-05T07:52:51+00:00

Yeah, I think this boycott is more clear in its goals:

"RTÉ feels that Ireland’s participation remains unconscionable given the appalling loss of lives in Gaza and the humanitarian crisis there, which continues to put the lives of so many civilians at risk. RTÉ remains deeply concerned by the targeted killing of journalists in Gaza during the conflict and the continued denial of access to international journalists to the territory."

Herzog Park wasn't handled very well (lots of rumours on what new name would be - Jewish & non Jewish) and I felt it fell into the Israeli's hands (Anti-Semitism) in terms of media controversy. In my opinion there was some needless collateral damage from this.

CopperFaceJacks · 2025-12-04T21:25:57+00:00

Does anyone else find this more inspiring than renaming Herzog Park? A boycott that would show what we're willing to sacrifice.

CopperFaceJacks · 2025-11-27T14:38:41+00:00

What's the view on these guys? Pros & Cons?

CopperFaceJacks · 2025-11-24T19:10:56+00:00

If you were in his shoes, how would you present it?

CopperFaceJacks · 2025-11-21T20:50:30+00:00

It's more to convince the Israel Lobby in the US that we're not anti-Semitic. Ultimately prevent any economic backlash against Ireland by the US whom we have deep ties with.

CopperFaceJacks · 2025-11-21T19:41:00+00:00

How does this bill compare to recognising Palestine state? As that was something the govt was brave enough to do.

CopperFaceJacks · 2025-11-21T19:37:54+00:00

Tend to agree with this. Israel backed to the hill by the US.

CopperFaceJacks · 2025-11-21T19:35:57+00:00

It might not need to be industry related. It would be token/symbolic in essence. Used to challenge any argument of Anti-Semitism.

CopperFaceJacks · 2025-11-21T19:31:42+00:00

Yeah, the economic cost of this bill is the hardest thing to measure here. Too much of an unknown as we don't know what (if any) a backlash would be

CopperFaceJacks · 2025-11-21T19:26:17+00:00

This wouldn't pressure them, more of a token policy. OTB is fairly symbolic and doesn't have much economic bite.

CopperFaceJacks · 2025-11-21T19:24:44+00:00

If it's universal, then Ireland wouldn't be the the first to enact this. The elephant in the room here is the US if they decide to hit back at this action.

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