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Radical Thinking needed on delivering homes for all
Posted on April 18, 2007
It's hard to argue against a housing sector that is characterised as a tradable commodity by everybody from the ordinary worker, he who takes a punt on a second home to pay the pension, or the institutional investor who seeks a return on a managed fund.
However, it is not hard to argue against the fact that there are literally thousands of people throughout this island who will never own their own home because the housing market has become too restrictive.
The article proposes a solution to the housing crisis for those people within our society that have not managed to get a foothold in the market.
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Illegal Dumping- Ways to tackle the problem!
Posted on April 18, 2007
Has anybody noticed a steep increase in illegal roadside dumping? This problem is becoming more prevalent and increasingly more difficult to tackle. We can't legislate for human behaviour but we can try and stem the tide.
The government needs to increase the tax credit to domestic refuse billpayers as a means of discouraging illegal dumping. Why not increase the current Tax Relief for Service Charges from 20% to 40% up to a maximum of €400. The current rate is allowable up to a limit of €400. If for example, someone pays €240 per annum in the current scheme they are entitled to a tax relief of €48. If the rate was doubled to 40% it would result in a rebate of €98."
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Lack of Broadband in Rural North Cork
Posted on April 13, 2007
We live in a time when technology has become such a dominant feature in everyday life. However, in most parts of rural North Cork, no broadband infrastructure exisits. Villages such as Ballyclough, Ballyhooly and Glanworth have not benefitted from this technological boom and are still dependent on dial-up.
When one considers that most rural villages have seen a two-fold increase in their population base, there sill exisits a lag in broadband infrastructure.
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