{"id":2693,"date":"2023-09-27T19:11:32","date_gmt":"2023-09-27T18:11:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/irboa.ie\/?p=2693"},"modified":"2023-09-27T21:42:26","modified_gmt":"2023-09-27T20:42:26","slug":"irboa-in-the-media-barry-madden-in-the-sun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/irboa.ie\/index.php\/2023\/09\/27\/irboa-in-the-media-barry-madden-in-the-sun\/","title":{"rendered":"IRBOA in the media &#8211; Barry Madden in The Sun"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>IRBOA in the media &#8211; Barry Madden in The Sun<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Barry Madden, 44, and 35-year-old Emma O\u2019Sullivan moved to Sallins two years ago with collie Sasha and whippet Ru following a two week staycation on a barge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"620\" height=\"413\" src=\"https:\/\/irboa.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/baz.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2694\" srcset=\"https:\/\/irboa.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/baz.webp 620w, https:\/\/irboa.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/baz-300x200.webp 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>They now face a rate hike of 12 times their current level as water residents all over the country face permit fee increases of up to 2,000 per cent under drastic new measures mooted by Waterways Ireland.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Barry, who got to know all his new neighbours within weeks, told The Irish Sun: \u201cWe couldn\u2019t get onto the property ladder. Even if we could, this was kind of a thing that we wanted to do.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s a lot of people are in situations that wouldn\u2019t be as fortunate as us.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-ast-global-color-2-color has-text-color\">Read the full article here: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.ie\/news\/11388192\/water-communities-torn-apart-fee-hike-couple-boat\/\" rel=\"ugc\" title=\"\">https:\/\/www.thesun.ie\/news\/11388192\/water-communities-torn-apart-fee-hike-couple-boat\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>IRBOA in the media &#8211; Barry Madden in The Sun Barry Madden, 44, and 35-year-old Emma O\u2019Sullivan moved to Sallins two years ago with collie Sasha and whippet Ru following a two week staycation on a barge. They now face a rate hike of 12 times their current level as water residents all over the &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/irboa.ie\/index.php\/2023\/09\/27\/irboa-in-the-media-barry-madden-in-the-sun\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">IRBOA in the media &#8211; Barry Madden in The Sun<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2694,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"disabled","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"disabled","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"set","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2693","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorised"],"aioseo_notices":[],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/irboa.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/baz.webp",620,413,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/irboa.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/baz-150x150.webp",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/irboa.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/baz-300x200.webp",300,200,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/irboa.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/baz.webp",620,413,false],"large":["https:\/\/irboa.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/baz.webp",620,413,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/irboa.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/baz.webp",620,413,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/irboa.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/baz.webp",620,413,false]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"IRBOAADMIN","author_link":"https:\/\/irboa.ie\/index.php\/author\/irboaadmin\/"},"uagb_comment_info":3,"uagb_excerpt":"IRBOA in the media &#8211; Barry Madden in The Sun Barry Madden, 44, and 35-year-old Emma O\u2019Sullivan moved to Sallins two years ago with collie Sasha and whippet Ru following a two week staycation on a barge. 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