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[orange_foam]

In work, alone. I came back from lunch early. I've about ten things 'on my desk' that need to be done sooner rather than later, but... meh. I have a smokescreen for my procrastination, though: I 'organised' (read: turned up at) a photo shoot with a government Minister on Wednesday on behalf of my office, and a raft of news-starved national daily

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[gateway]

Darling, eternal doom monger here reporting in! I feel highly vindacated, I've been noticing the slide (with a little help from others) in house prices only over the past month - I advised Anne Marie to hold off buying for now coz they might go down further. The end is nigh! Etc etc

[orange_foam]

Yup, looks like they'll slip further. Although if there is a cut in stamp duty in the Budget, it might 'revive the market'. I have mixed feelings; I'm quietly pleased at this dose of reality for our property-mad country, but since there's a house to be sold in the family, it's bittersweet.

There's still no way, even if I had the money, that I'd buy a house at the moment, though.

[gateway]

Alas, I take absolutely no pleasure on this one. Almost everyone will lose, including many good friends who have already bought. It would have to have knock on effects on the rest of the economy. i just hope I'm wrong about the rest!

[orange_foam]

You're damn right it would have knock-on effects. Our economy's success has been BUILT (pardon the pun) on the buoyancy of the construction industry. I hardly think the consumer retail sector, for example, will shore up the economy if construction goes under.

Incidentally, did you see that FFer from the Oireachtas transport Committee on Prime Time the other night? The was a Greener on, too, who made some cogent points on the disaster that is Irish trasport policy, but FF's point was that, in terms of transport, we're a victim of our own 'unprecedented' economic success.

So, when it suits FF, the party claims that it was the sole architect of the Celtic Tiger, yet when discussing the negative effects of the phenomenon, they shrug their shoulders as if ten-percent economic growth happened by accident! It's a fucking disgrace! Yet the public seem to lap it up. I'm going to vote for whoever has the best trasport policy next year.