Huge sums paid out for unused social and affordable housing sites during boomThe taxpayer is facing losses of up to €375m on lands bought by local authorities for social and affordable housing that were never built upon, the Sunday Independent can reveal
KILDARE County Board chairman John McMahon has strongly denied claims that it has been financially drained by the senior football set-up."In the past week we've had to read reports of us being held to ransom by the senior team, we've been likened to Fian
A GAA footballer who spent eight hours trying to get treatment for a badly broken leg last night appealed for a "common-sense" approach to ambulance management.It took three delayed responses before Shane Webb (17) got from a Carlow football pitch to Wat
THE world's biggest food company is to buy a business in Limerick employing hundreds of people after agreeing a huge acquisition from pharmaceuticals multinational Pfizer.Nestle will take over the Pfizer plant in Askeaton, Co Limerick, after the company
COUNCIL managers were yesterday blamed for making the bad decisions that have left the country with a legacy of ghost estates.Heritage body An Taisce said Donegal was the worst offender for routinely ignoring planning guidelines.In a review of the planni
The GAA's national fixture planning committee is at an advanced stage with plans to fine-tune the championship fixtures that would reduce waiting times between provincial matches and qualifiers -- and lead to the dreaded six-day turnaround for beaten pro
COUNCILLORS and local authority officials are jetting off for St Patrick's Day bashes abroad this year at a cost of up to €60,000.Mayor of Co Clare Pat Hayes is leading the most expensive trip, travelling to New York with four officials at a cost of €12,
ELEVEN junior ministers claimed €86,665 in tax breaks for keeping second homes in Dublin in the dying days of the Fianna Fail and Green Party government.The latest figures for the 2010 tax year show that the perk cost €35,532 in tax forgone. The perk let
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