Limerick's Rental Confusion

Image via WikipediaSo this is Headline One from Todays Limerick Post

Limerick rents rise by 2 per cent:

Limerick City rents have bucked the national downturn by increasing by 2 per cent, in the face of falls as high as 6 per cent in South Dublin. The surprise finding, espicially factored against a doubling of the available rental pool of housing, was in Daft.ie's latest Rent Report.
Source: Limerick Post

And This Is Headline Two from Todays Limerick Independent:

City rents fall by 3%

There is good news for renters of properties in Limerick, according to the latest figures from property website Daft.ie, which shows that rents in Limerick have fallen by 3%
Source: Limerick Independent

Two City Newspapers. The Same Story. Two Completely Different Outcomes. Now I am no expert in Stats, but the old cliché goes that you can make Statistics say whatever you want 95% percent of the time. However both Headlines cannot be right?! So what does Daft Say then? Well Daft's own report says :

Rents falling for first time since 2004:
....The nationwide fall of 2% masks some regional variation - in Limerick city and Dublin city centre rents have fallen by almost 3%, whereas in West Dublin and West Leinster rents rose slightly....
Source: Daft.ie

So the Limerick Post has it wrong then. Time to go back and learn the basics about Checking your facts before you publish a story me thinks. Or at the very least, make sure you read the correct headline before you publish.

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Limerick Bloggers

I forgot to do a link to this the other week, but better late than never, In the Little Smoke has and compiled a list of roughly 50 known Limerick blogs and you can see the list on here. Its cool to see a compiled collection of Limerick Blogs, now all we have to do is watch the rest of the country catchup

Oh and yes the Angry Hedgehog has been listed on this list :-p

LB: Deaf Communtiy Center Meetings & Events Information

Via lette @ Limerick Blogger

Deaf Communtiy Center Meetings & Events Information

Short notice for some of these I know, only got the heads up on this today.

Citizens Information Evening - Thursday 13th March 7pm

Following on from the success of the Citizens information evenings held in various hotels across the Mid-West region as organised by ‘Sign Information Mid West’ it has been decided to hold some information giving evenings in the Deaf Community Centre, 96a O’Connell Street Limerick.

So if you have a question about your rights and entitlements including Tax, Rights Employment issues, Entitlements, Social Welfare, Money problems etc. and wish to discuss this one to one with an ISL/English Interpreter, please come to the Deaf Community Centre on Thursday 13th March between 19.00 and 20.00.

Pool tournament – Saturday 15th March 12.30pm

We had to make a change in the pool tournament because of the rugby match, so now we will have a Pool tournament is for over 18’s only on Saturday and it is 2 Euro each, we will have a pool tournament for under 18s only during the midterm/Easter break. Ger Boyce will referee and we will go to The Bank pub afterwards to watch the Ireland vs England rugby match. All welcome!!

Mid West Deaf Association St Patricks day social night – Monday 17th March 8.30pm

MWDA will have a social night in the bar in Punches Cross hotel, Rosbrien.