"The Dublin Housing Supply Pipeline report from the first three months of this year found there were 44,505 units permitted but not commenced in Dublin [alone]."

via RTÉ

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"The scale of institutional ownership in certain places is staggering. In Ireland, nearly half of all units delivered since 2017 were purchased by investment funds."

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In Victoria, private companies can't run #crematoriums, which can only be operated by state government trusts and charge #fixedprices.'
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