High-rise apartments only benefit high-rollers
The most recent example of this phenomenon surfaced when the Government acknowledged that the tax breaks on developments such as the Section 50 high-rise apartments should be discontinued.
If party leaders and others needed advice on the wisdom of such developments, they could have listened to the pleadings of residents of the Wilton/Bishopstown area of Cork city, who are plagued with east European- style apartments in their community. In recent years we have been told by our elected ‘betters’ that apartments were badly needed to house students and to attract young families back to the area when, in fact, all that was achieved by it was to make an extra million or two for the high-rollers.
