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Oliver Moran @oliver.ie · 6h

Grateful for the cross-party support at today's launch of World Vacant Homes Day outside Leinster House in Dublin.

The greenest home is the one that's already built. Vacancy and dereliction blight communities across our cities, towns and rural areas.

Photographed are (left to right): Dr Frank O'Connor, Alex Pigot, Marie Sherlock TD, Cllr Kieran McCarthy, Senator Malcolm Noonan, Cllr Dan Boyle, Senator Laura Harmon, Cllr Oliver Moran, Cllr Oisín O'Connor, Thomas Gould TD, Jude Sherr.

Location: Leinster House, Kildare Street, Dublin.

Date: 8 October, 2025.

Photo credit: Carolyn Moore.

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Cork Greens @corkgreens.bsky.social · 8h

The Community Climate Action Fund, run by Cork City Council, opens for applications on 28 October. Groups can apply for grants of up to €100,000 to cut carbon, boost biodiversity, and make neighbourhoods greener and healthier.

Got a green idea? Cork has €1m waiting | Cork Independent

Community groups across Cork city are being invited to get creative – with almost €1 million in new funding available to support local climate action projects.

www.corkindependent.com

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Cllr Marianne Butler @cllrmarianne.bsky.social · 16h

🏠💚 It’s International Vacant Homes Day!

Know of an empty house in your area? Report it easily (and anonymously) on vacanthomes.ie and help turn vacant houses into homes 🏡✨

If you need any help with this, contact me directly.

#VacantHomes #InternationalVacantHomesDay #Louth #Dundalk #HomesForAll

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European Greens @europeangreens.eu · 16h

🏡 On this first ever #WorldVacantHomesDay, we highlight one of the biggest contradictions of our time: too many homes without people, too many people without homes.

🇪🇺 EU countries must prioritise renovating & reallocating vacant houses for social housing.

There is no place like home.
Yet too many of them are vacant.

It’s not only a housing crisis, it’s also a vacant homes crisis.” The graphic shows bar charts comparing the national percentage of vacant homes (yellow bars) and the percentage of vacant homes in capital cities (dark green bars) across several European countries. The countries shown are the Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Latvia, Netherlands, Portugal, Slovenia, and Spain. A line marks 50% on the y-axis. Source: Housing Europe Observatory, 2023. Note: Data from countries with available comparable data.

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Oliver Moran @oliver.ie · 18h

An early start this morning — taking the train to Dublin with special cargo for the launch of World Vacant Homes Day.

I'll be joined on the other end by Frank O'Connor and Jude Sherry, who will be special guests at the launch outside Leinster House.

A bicycle stored on a train with a sign that reads, "World Vacant Homes Day".

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Oliver Moran @oliver.ie · 17h

Here's background to that local budget "spoof" last year — that ended up costing small businesses.

TLDR; FF/FG promised not to raise rates in an election year. So in order to balance the budget, they cut rebates to smaller businesses, who ended up paying more than if rates had been increased. 🤬

Cork City Council agrees revenue budget of €325m for 2025

Councillors voted by a majority 23 votes to three, to adopt the budget at the conclusion of the meeting, which was held in council chambers on ...

www.echolive.ie

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Oliver Moran @oliver.ie · 17h

The entire budget for BusConnects in Cork (plus a little more). 🤦‍♂️

In Cork City Council, we will be bringing in targeted rates rebates for smaller businesses — after FF/FG removed them last year, after tying themselves in knots in pre-election promises.

Lessons not learned by their higher-ups.

Green Party / Comhaontas Glas @greenpartyie.bsky.social · 1d

It's official. They're giving big restaurant chains a massive tax cut, costing nearly €700m in the #VAT cut to hospitality.

For that kind of money you could:

👨‍👩‍👦‍👦 Bring in a second tier of child benefit - lifting 55,000 children out of poverty
🚌 Make public transport free

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Cork Greens @corkgreens.bsky.social · 1d

"The Government could hire 11,400 additional nurses rather than cut VAT for the hospitality sector”.
- Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation

ℹ️ www.thejournal.ie/budget-2026-...

McBudget: Opposition criticises big companies being included in VAT cut for hospitality sector

The reduced VAT rate for food-led hospitality services and hairdressers will come into effect next July.

www.thejournal.ie

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Cllr Honore Kamegni, Deputy Lord Mayor of Cork @cllrhonorekamegni.bsky.social · 1d

Delighted to attend the Ballinlough Garda Safety Forum! With Christmas coming, let’s stay vigilant & look out for each other. Only 1 burglary, 1 assault & 1 car theft (recovered) this year. Huge credit and thanks to our Gardaí & community. Let’s keep Ballinlough safe & strong!

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Cllr Hazel Chu @hazelchu.bsky.social · 1d

€2.377bn for public transport vs €1.724bn for roads in #budget26 is NOT a 2:1 investment ratio for public transport infrastructure over roads as previously committed.

The Government can claim the €2bn for MetroLink more than balance that equation BUT the €2 billion was taken from the 1/2

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Green Party / Comhaontas Glas @greenpartyie.bsky.social · 1d

Despite ambitious promises in their manifestos and Programme for Government, the Government parties have failed to invest adequately in childcare in this Budget cycle.

@rodericogorman.bsky.social speaking on RTÉ Budget coverage today 👇

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Cllr Hazel Chu @hazelchu.bsky.social · 1d

The truth is today's #budget2026 VAT cut at a cost of €700m to the taxpayer would have helped my mum's now closed restaurant only a little.

What would have helped her & so many small restaurants a lot more was a sliding VAT rate. Where the likes of McDonald's get a lot less reduction & smaller 1/2

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Cllr Hazel Chu @hazelchu.bsky.social · 1d

We fought tooth and nail for the the Residential Land Tax for a reason. We knew that it was a game-changer for delivery of new land for much needed housing.

But this #budget2026 undercuts the RZLT by bringing in loopholes to allow more and more landowners to postpone payment. 1/2

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Green Party / Comhaontas Glas @greenpartyie.bsky.social · 1d

The Residential Zoned Land Tax #RZLT is essential to take land hoarders to task and ensure that our many empty sites lying idle in the country are put to use.

Government loopholes are gutting the Land Hoarding Tax. Empty sites stay empty. Hoarders keep winning.

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Feljin Jose @feljin.ie · 1d

This is an eye-watering tax cut that will go directly into the pockets of big chain restaurants. This tax cut would fund the equivalent of building Luas Finglas every year.

Green Party / Comhaontas Glas @greenpartyie.bsky.social · 1d

It's official. They're giving big restaurant chains a massive tax cut, costing nearly €700m in the #VAT cut to hospitality.

For that kind of money you could:

👨‍👩‍👦‍👦 Bring in a second tier of child benefit - lifting 55,000 children out of poverty
🚌 Make public transport free

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Roderic O’Gorman TD @rodericogorman.bsky.social · 1d

Over the summer, the Government raided the Climate & Nature fund to pay for gaps in their infrastructure bill. Today's Budget could have fixed that and committed new investment for nature and the environment.
Unfortunately, there has been no change in their approach. A wasted opportunity.

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Roderic O’Gorman TD @rodericogorman.bsky.social · 1d

Government using a sledgehammer to crack a nut here 🥜

A more targeted scheme would have delivered better value to taxpayers while supporting the businesses who need it most.

Green Party / Comhaontas Glas @greenpartyie.bsky.social · 1d

It's official. They're giving big restaurant chains a massive tax cut, costing nearly €700m in the #VAT cut to hospitality.

For that kind of money you could:

👨‍👩‍👦‍👦 Bring in a second tier of child benefit - lifting 55,000 children out of poverty
🚌 Make public transport free

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Roderic O’Gorman TD @rodericogorman.bsky.social · 1d

Nothing in the Budget to advance a Public Model of Childcare.
Big reforms like this take time, need to be supported through each budget. The Government is failing to progress this vital reform that will address affordability and capacity.

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Roderic O’Gorman TD @rodericogorman.bsky.social · 1d

The Land-hoarding Tax (RZLT) was introduced last year. It's been a success. 2,000 returns filed. Over €40 million eared to the State.
Why is the Government allowing another year for landowners to seek an exemption? Land zone for housing needs to be brought into use now.

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Green Party / Comhaontas Glas @greenpartyie.bsky.social · 1d

Here is how the Greens would *actually* support our small businesses in the food and hospitality sector 👇

greenparty.ie/news/greens-...

@pidgeon.ie @hazelchu.bsky.social @rodericogorman.bsky.social

Greens warn Government is “drifting without direction” in pre-Budget submission | Green Party

greenparty.ie

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Green Party / Comhaontas Glas @greenpartyie.bsky.social · 1d

👶🏻 Provide public childcare for 60,000

Before the budget, the Greens set out how you could do more to support smaller restaurants and cafes - at a third of the cost. The Government ignored it, deciding to hand out millions for Big Macs.

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Green Party / Comhaontas Glas @greenpartyie.bsky.social · 1d

It's official. They're giving big restaurant chains a massive tax cut, costing nearly €700m in the #VAT cut to hospitality.

For that kind of money you could:

👨‍👩‍👦‍👦 Bring in a second tier of child benefit - lifting 55,000 children out of poverty
🚌 Make public transport free

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Michael Pidgeon @pidgeon.ie · 1d

I still can't believe that they're doing this. Giving a massive VAT tax break that'll do very little for small cafés and restaurants, while giving millions to big chains.

Weak, unfocused governance. They're too comfortable chucking out our tax money.

Green Party / Comhaontas Glas @greenpartyie.bsky.social · 1d

It's official. They're giving big restaurant chains a massive tax cut, costing nearly €700m in the #VAT cut to hospitality.

For that kind of money you could:

👨‍👩‍👦‍👦 Bring in a second tier of child benefit - lifting 55,000 children out of poverty
🚌 Make public transport free

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European Greens @europeangreens.eu · 1d

Another year of destruction and devastation.
We mourn all of the victims of, and since, October 7.
The suffering grows.
Stop the genocide.
Free the hostages.

Humanity, justice, and peace now.

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Roderic O’Gorman TD @rodericogorman.bsky.social · 1d

Beautiful sunrise over Ashtown 🌞
Connolly No.1 🗳️
@catherinegalway.bsky.social

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