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Barra Roantree

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152 total appearances

Appearances Over Time

Podcast Appearances

The Claire Byrne Show
Should there be a cut in the 52% marginal tax rate?

It doesn't have to be.

The Claire Byrne Show
Should there be a cut in the 52% marginal tax rate?

No, no, no.

The Claire Byrne Show
Should there be a cut in the 52% marginal tax rate?

On the saving side, it will inevitably.

The Claire Byrne Show
Should there be a cut in the 52% marginal tax rate?

Because the only people who save enough to be able to invest are people in the top half.

Today with David McCullagh
Not a blade of grass to play football on: New report shows stark disadvantages facing Dublin’s South-West Inner City

Yeah, we're essentially talking about the area in Dublin between the Liffey and the Grand Canal, that kind of tight bit of the inner city, bounded by, say, Clembrassel Street as well as you're coming in.

Today with David McCullagh
Not a blade of grass to play football on: New report shows stark disadvantages facing Dublin’s South-West Inner City

And so a lot of people would know it.

Today with David McCullagh
Not a blade of grass to play football on: New report shows stark disadvantages facing Dublin’s South-West Inner City

You come into Houston Station, you're coming into this out west inner city, right?

Today with David McCullagh
Not a blade of grass to play football on: New report shows stark disadvantages facing Dublin’s South-West Inner City

And then up to St.

Today with David McCullagh
Not a blade of grass to play football on: New report shows stark disadvantages facing Dublin’s South-West Inner City

James's Gate Brewery, taking in even James's Hospital and where the new Children's Hospital is going to be.

Today with David McCullagh
Not a blade of grass to play football on: New report shows stark disadvantages facing Dublin’s South-West Inner City

So I think a mixture of both.

Today with David McCullagh
Not a blade of grass to play football on: New report shows stark disadvantages facing Dublin’s South-West Inner City

But what's really kind of quite striking is that that's almost unique in Ireland.

Today with David McCullagh
Not a blade of grass to play football on: New report shows stark disadvantages facing Dublin’s South-West Inner City

It's the lowest rate of any urban area to have a number of kids not going to secondary school in the area.

Today with David McCullagh
Not a blade of grass to play football on: New report shows stark disadvantages facing Dublin’s South-West Inner City

And, you know, it's even beyond most rural areas as well.

Today with David McCullagh
Not a blade of grass to play football on: New report shows stark disadvantages facing Dublin’s South-West Inner City

It's just very, very different.

Today with David McCullagh
Not a blade of grass to play football on: New report shows stark disadvantages facing Dublin’s South-West Inner City

And it's also strikingly different from a primary level.

Today with David McCullagh
Not a blade of grass to play football on: New report shows stark disadvantages facing Dublin’s South-West Inner City

At primary level, you don't see this.

Today with David McCullagh
Not a blade of grass to play football on: New report shows stark disadvantages facing Dublin’s South-West Inner City

You see pretty much it looks like every other place that kids go to school in the area.

Today with David McCullagh
Not a blade of grass to play football on: New report shows stark disadvantages facing Dublin’s South-West Inner City

But then it's not the case at secondary level.

Today with David McCullagh
Not a blade of grass to play football on: New report shows stark disadvantages facing Dublin’s South-West Inner City

So there's a few things going on there.

Today with David McCullagh
Not a blade of grass to play football on: New report shows stark disadvantages facing Dublin’s South-West Inner City

One is that there's not very many schools.