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Also, economic reasons like better paying jobs, career possibilities, better quality of life, better schools, colleges, unies, more equality, personal rights like health and housing etc, etc.
supersub15 (Carlow) - Posts: 3436 - 23/09/2026 12:56:22 2694773 Link 0 |
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Theres probably, technically, enough room in the 26 counties to fit the entirety of the worlds population ,,doesnt mean it would work out to well if we tried it.
Seniorleague (Galway) - Posts: 390 - 24/09/2026 19:08:09 2694933 Link 0 |
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I read the demographics document published by the GAA and becoming a leader in rural survival and maybe pioneering ideas like building estates in dispersed areas is mentioned. I hope my club can avail Paidi04 (Westmeath) - Posts: 39 - 24/09/2026 23:19:45 2694952 Link 0 |
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20 houses in every small village in the likes of Ros or Westmeath would be a great addition. Credit Unions and GAA to do it. Seanfan (Roscommon) - Posts: 981 - 25/09/2026 11:29:46 2694981 Link 0 |
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I heard not too long ago that the entire population of the world would fit in County Roscommon. I'm assuming that's everyone standing together.
WanPintWin (Galway) - Posts: 3129 - 25/09/2026 13:38:59 2695005 Link 0 |
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Ah lads, think it through. If GAA clubs were to become property developers by building estates in villages and rural areas....what happens when prospective buyers have no interest at all in the GAA? Does it have to be a condition of sale that people buying the houses have to join the club, and anybody of playing age (from Club Nursery level up to adult) has to tog off? That young couples who don't yet have children undertake to try to have at least two or three, and send these to the club when they're old enough? And what happens when those children are no more athletic than my 13-year-old Springer Spaniel who's asleep in the corner of the room right now, and who's starting to think hard of even going outside of the house to do his business?? The Demographics Report doesn't actually suggest GAA clubs becoming property developers. It's more about lobbying Government to amend Planning legislation to make it easier for people to get permission to build in rural areas, such that somebody from a family already steeped in a club in a small area could build in that area and continue that involvement, rather than having to buy in a nearby town. Pikeman96 (Wexford) - Posts: 4154 - 25/09/2026 13:52:38 2695011 Link 0 |
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Seanfan, are there not plenty of houses in rural Ireland, many vacant because people have moved to work in urban areas? What's missing are incentives to encourage people to buy second hand homes and bring them up to spec, maybe not the to the BER spec of new builds and without some of the 'green' additions of new builds. Some infrastructure like improved broadband could draw in some people who could work sometimes from home. More incentives and less red tape fir people wanting to build or renovare property on their family land.
GreenandRed (Mayo) - Posts: 8778 - 25/09/2026 14:24:43 2695023 Link 0 |
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All that too indeed but Im afraid Government grants will only be for well insulated"fmgreen" things. Some don't want to live off the beaten track while others do. Seanfan (Roscommon) - Posts: 981 - 25/09/2026 17:10:55 2695053 Link 0 |
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I'd love to know where all these houses are, this idea that there's loads of houses 'available' in rural Ireland is a nonsense. It's not a crime to own a second home to use as a holiday home or for family use. And of the hovels I see for sale, you'd be better off building from new. The real issue we have in rural Ireland is planning and the red tape around that. Imagine telling someone they can't build a house because they don't have a local need (as if to say you're not welcome round here).. or not being able to build on your own land owned by your family for generations.
Square_B (Leitrim) - Posts: 2528 - 27/09/2026 15:10:33 2695195 Link 0 |
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*not a crime,,,yet
Seniorleague (Galway) - Posts: 390 - 27/09/2026 17:04:36 2695200 Link 0 |