We know the ages and numbers of children in there, so will be able to get specifics and we have a good plan for this, as well as a plan to gather and wrap the gifts to ensure it's a truly wonderful celebration for the kids. If you're in Dub SW and would like to be more involved, please get in touch!

I don't think I need to tell anyone who follows me how tough a time it has been for IPAS applicants in Ireland lately, and at this time of year, children deserve something to smile about. Please help us to do that by spreading the word of our fundraiser

Oh, and it's worth noting that, in general, County Councils have negative median pay gaps, i.e. the median gap favours women, sometimes by quite a lot.

DCC is an outlier in this respect. In 2024 they were the only council to have a median gap which favoured men.

Also, this represents a small increase in the gap which has remained pretty static throughout all reporting. The same is (mostly) true for their median gap.

So whatever they say they're doing to address this gap, it isn't working. It hasn't moved for 4 years.

paygap.ie/company/dubl...

I've stopped my gender pay gap "bot" on twitter but have yet to be able to successfully run it anywhere else because the companies simply haven't moved. It amazes me. Who do they even think they're talking to over there?

And sewing. Etsy is overrun with garbage patterns.

Thanks. I hope I don't disappoint.

This is an under-discussed element for sure. Ireland only allows you to build wealth through property really. Savings interest rates are a joke, various charges and taxes make different kinds of investing very unattractive, CGT limit for things like shares is ridiculously tiny, etc.

Unsurprisingly to any who follow me, I care a lot about data, access to data, and ensuring that folks understand it. I particularly despise when people try to pull the wool over our eyes when clear data exists to show that it is nothing more than deceit.

Don't try to lie to me when I have the data

In Dublin specifically, 27% of tenancies are with landlords who have 100+ tenancies. 27%!

The one property landlords are only 21%. Don't give me this "mom and pop fleeing the market" guff. Mom and pop don't own hundreds of properties.

That's your "I inherited a house" or "I owned and then moved in with a partner" type scenario and the RTB's own data shows that that is *not* the majority of rental scenarios. The majority is landlords owning 3+ properties and often a great many more than that. LET THEM LEAVE.

From the same dataset, charitably, you could say that anyone owning up to 2 tenancies is a "mom and pop" landlord and that makes up..... just 37% of rentals right now.

If you wanted to be really strict about it, those with just one property are only 24.96% of rentals.