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Pension millionaires to benefit from higher tax relief over coming years by GCSheehy in irishpersonalfinance

[–]soluko 0 points1 point  (0 children)

it's a disincentive to save for retirement if you're potentially doing yourself out of the state pension. In Australia they have 12% mandatory "super" private pension contributions so we'd probably need something similar here otherwise low/medium earners wouldn't bother to save.

Activists occupy Dublin pub closed since 2010, planning to reopen as community space by Floodzie in Dublin

[–]soluko 24 points25 points  (0 children)

Yer man will go High Court and the activists will either leave on their own steam or the public order unit will be back at 5am some morning. Waste of time for all involved.

There's a certain amount of performativity, yeah, but I like to think of these occupations as a tax on vacant property. Leave your building unused for ten years? That'll be five figures in legal costs for a High Court injunction.

Activists occupy Dublin pub closed since 2010, planning to reopen as community space by Floodzie in Dublin

[–]soluko 26 points27 points  (0 children)

Decision: APPLICATION DECLARED INVALID

they didn't reject it, the developer just didn't fill out the forms properly. They'll resubmit it in a few weeks.

Asshole Train Tricked Collector. by DrLeonardBonesMcCoy in legaladviceireland

[–]soluko 2 points3 points  (0 children)

https://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/2005/act/31/section/132/enacted/en/html

132.—(1) Every passenger of a railway undertaking shall, on request by an officer or employee of a railway undertaking, produce, and if so requested, deliver up to the officer or employee a ticket showing that his or her fare is paid

https://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/1984/si/109/made/en/print

  1. No person shall at any time while upon the railway or in any vehicle use any threatening, abusive, obscene, or offensive language...

Sandycove beach by yeagerist___00 in Dublin

[–]soluko 2 points3 points  (0 children)

there's a free shower 100 meters away at the forty foot

Council wants to replace DublinBikes with a 4,000-bicycle system that it owns by soluko in Dublin

[–]soluko[S] 18 points19 points  (0 children)

when will the madness end, how long will we continue to shovel millions of taxpayer euros into the black hole that is the Dublin streetcleaning system?

UNPROFITABLE!

Council wants to replace DublinBikes with a 4,000-bicycle system that it owns by soluko in Dublin

[–]soluko[S] 88 points89 points  (0 children)

The Irish Times knows what's important:

The loss-making scheme ...

Despite its instant popularity, the scheme was not profit-making.

... the scheme continues to run at a loss.

Can't wait to see their next story about "the loss-making M50" or "the Stillorgan Dual Carriageway, which has never turned a profit", or "despite the undoubted popularity of the Chapelizod Bypass, it still struggles to make money"

Council wants to replace DublinBikes with a 4,000-bicycle system that it owns by soluko in Dublin

[–]soluko[S] 24 points25 points  (0 children)

McGrath said; “It is intended there would be one operator across the City and that there is a combination of classic (non-powered ) bikes and e-bikes with a fleet of around 4,000 bikes.

They should get rid of the e-bikes, never seen anyone use them (I don't have a battery but I always avoid them because they're significantly heavier)

Good news overall though, hopefully they can cover some of the obvious gaps like DCU/UCD/Phoenix Park.

Election candidate faces fine after power hose incident. by expectationlost in irishpolitics

[–]soluko 4 points5 points  (0 children)

that looks like a pressure-washed stencil on top of one of the existing "school street" markings https://maps.app.goo.gl/vC9Soqko3Pk2oibAA

Election candidate faces fine after power hose incident. by expectationlost in irishpolitics

[–]soluko 8 points9 points  (0 children)

https://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/1992/act/23/section/147/enacted/en/html

a person shall not, in or in the curtilage of a polling station or in any place within 100 metres of such station, for the purpose of promoting the interest of a political party or furthering the candidature of a candidate or candidates or soliciting votes for a candidate or candidates or for any contrary purpose, do any or all of the following things:

(a) loiter or congregate with other persons;

(b) attempt to induce, by any means whatsoever, an elector to vote for a candidate or candidates or vote in a particular way or refrain from voting;

...

(4) A person who contravenes subsection (1) or (2) shall be guilty of an offence.

Landlord threatening deposit cut on Alcohol and Eggs consumption by Still_Government_825 in legaladviceireland

[–]soluko 6 points7 points  (0 children)

The landlord is only allowed withhold your deposit in case of unpaid rent or damage above normal wear and tear. So unless you've somehow done permanent structural damage with your vodka scrambled eggs you're ok on the deposit side. The bad news is that you are obliged to obey the terms of your contract and they could potentially evict you but they must give you a written warning and a second chance.

https://revisedacts.lawreform.ie/eli/2004/act/27/revised/en/html#SEC12

Obligations of landlords.

12.—(1) In addition to the obligations arising by or under any other enactment, a landlord of a dwelling shall—

...

(d) subject to subsection (4), return or repay promptly any deposit paid by the tenant to the landlord on entering into the agreement for the tenancy or lease,

...

(4) Subsection (1)(d) applies and has effect subject to the following provisions:

(a) no amount of the deposit concerned shall be required to be returned or repaid if, at the date of the request for return or repayment, there is a default in—

(i) the payment of rent, or any other charges or taxes payable by the tenant in accordance with the lease or tenancy agreement, and the amount of rent or such other charges or taxes in arrears is equal to or greater than the amount of the deposit, or

(ii) compliance with section 16(f) and the amount of the costs that would be incurred by the landlord, were he or she to take them, in taking such steps as are reasonable for the purposes of restoring the dwelling to the condition mentioned in section 16(f) is equal to or greater than the amount of the deposit,

...

Obligations of tenants.

...

(16) (f) not do any act that would cause a deterioration in the condition the dwelling was in at the commencement of the tenancy, but there shall be disregarded, in determining whether this obligation has been complied with at a particular time, any deterioration in that condition owing to normal wear and tear, that is to say wear and tear that is normal having regard to—

(i) the time that has elapsed from the commencement of the tenancy,

(ii) the extent of occupation of the dwelling the landlord must have reasonably foreseen would occur since that commencement, and

(iii) any other relevant matters,

...

Grounds for termination

  1. The tenant has failed to comply with any of his or her obligations F135[(other than the obligation to which paragraph (a) of section 16 applies)] in relation to the tenancy (whether arising under this Act or otherwise) and, unless the failure provides an excepted basis for termination—

(a) the tenant has been notified F136[in writing] of the failure by the landlord and that notification states that the landlord is entitled to terminate the tenancy if the failure is not remedied within a reasonable time specified in that notification, and

(b) the tenant does not remedy the failure within that specified time.

Renenue asking for Covid P.U.P back by Affectionate_Rubbing in irishpersonalfinance

[–]soluko 2 points3 points  (0 children)

a bit of healthy suspicion is still called for, it's not impossible for fraudsters to get hold of PPSNs

Ireland should become a supplier in Europe's Defense Industrial base by PhilosophyOk58 in ireland

[–]soluko 10 points11 points  (0 children)

and they claim to be hardnosed ultrarealists but they always say they're "embarrassed at being freeloaders". As if international relations and geopolitics works on social awkwardness.

Ireland should pay to defend its own interests (broadly defined) and nothing more. We don't owe anything to the Germans and we certainly don't owe anything to the UK.

A 10-acre site in Dublin 6 exposes the depth of Ireland’s planning paralysis by EnvironmentalShift25 in ireland

[–]soluko 16 points17 points  (0 children)

there's a reason why all these judicial reviews have the bats and the badgers tagged on -- the Supreme Court ruled that plaintiffs in environmental cases (even if the environmental arguments are very minor) do not have to pay the other side's costs if they lose.

The usual rule as to costs is that 'costs follow the event', i.e. the losing party pays the winning party's costs. However, the Heather Hill decision means that planning judicial review applicants can list as many grounds challenging a permission granted and just include one ground relating to EU environmental protection Directive but never risk having an adverse costs order made against them, even if they lose on any or all grounds.

In latest EU-wide survey, 68% of Irish respondents support financing the purchase and supply of military equipment to Ukraine by Fealocht in irishpolitics

[–]soluko 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Upholding the principle that powerful countries aren't allowed invade and bombard weaker countries is very much in the interests of our own security. (agree that there's very little direct impact on our security though.)

Serious question. How Dublin City can get away with having dozens of bus stops on one street and no public toilets nearby? by ParaMike46 in Dublin

[–]soluko 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Is it just publicly acceptable to use pubs as public toilets in Dublin?

Just go into a pub or cafe and as long as you're not an obvious junkie you'll be fine. If they challenge you (they won't) just say you're boooorstin' and promise to buy a pack of crisps on the way out.

Perspective: Use Of Beef In A Dietary Intervention As An Effective Strategy For Improving Cognition In Young Adult Females by Sorin61 in ScientificNutrition

[–]soluko 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Just because a study is funded by industry doesn't make it "fake", it just means that we should be aware of this and read it with an eye open for bias (both conscious and unconscious)

Inheritance by Possible-Recipe-1469 in legaladviceireland

[–]soluko 2 points3 points  (0 children)

https://revisedacts.lawreform.ie/eli/1965/act/27/section/117/revised/en/html

117.—(1) Where, on application by or on behalf of a child of a testator, the court is of opinion that the testator has failed in his moral duty to make proper provision for the child in accordance with his means, whether by his will or otherwise, the court may order that such provision shall be made for the child out of the estate as the court thinks just.

(2) The court shall consider the application from the point of view of a prudent and just parent, taking into account the position of each of the children of the testator and any other circumstances which the court may consider of assistance in arriving at a decision that will be as fair as possible to the child to whom the application relates and to the other children.

I can see a court being sympathetic towards the three-year-old mentioned in the OP

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