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I don't care if she's the Pope's wife, my problem is this:
The State paying 525k for 3 acres or less for a school while children are taught in cramped old room, or prefabs.
I want edu exp to go on education, not to landowners.
Has Gilmore ever said anything to indicate that anyone should not be allowed to buy and sell land at market rates?
Just getting tired of the hyprocrisy.
So you want the consitutional right to property to be ignored when the state is building a school - right?
Has Gilmore ever said anything to indicate that anyone should not be allowed to buy and sell land at market rates?
Based on http://www.citizensinformation.ie/c...our-home/compulsory_purchase_and_compensation, CPO's apply to road/rail projects, so I assume it doesn't apply to schools, or Dept Ed would be very happy to proceed.Could we have CPO'd the land for the school at 15k per acre, and put the balance of the 525k into facilities, labs, computers, etc.??
This gets me to the main point. Many people think that the profit Gilmore's wife made was wrong precisely because Gilmore, Burton, et al have been very loose in their condemnation of the culprits of the bust.
Bankers, Developers, politicians and property developers have universally all gotten a bad rap.
What we are forgetting is that it's the corrupt and inept that have caused the problems. Development activity and banking are not evil but necessary.
But how often do we hear labour soundbites about speculators, developers and bankers when what they should be focussing on is corruption and stupidity rather than legitimate undertakings.
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