I thought you’d be interested in this article on RTE.ie: http://www.rte.ie/news/2014/0529/620445-medical-cards/

Section 180(1) as amended provides for the Taking In Charge (TIC) of estates either at the request of the developer or the house owners. The conventional manner for TIC estates is at the request of the developer. The paragraphs below set out the essential differences of taking estates in charge at the request of the […]

New €2million National Competition to find Ireland’s Best Young Entrepreneur – Taoiseach, Minister Bruton Winning business at county level can receive investment of up to €25,000, national winners eligible for extra investment of up to €50,000 15th May 2014 The Taoiseach and the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation today (Thursday) launched a new competition […]

An Additional €12m Leveraged From Third Parties through Initiative Minister for Housing and Planning, Jan O’Sullivan, TD, announced that 86 housing developments across the country will benefit from the €10m Special Resolution Fund announced in Budget 2014. Announcing the funding while visiting the Fionn Uisce development in Galway City, Minister O’Sullivan said, “There has been […]

Rates of obesity are expected to increase in almost all European countries by 2030, with Ireland set to be at the top of the list, a new study has revealed. The World Health Organisation (WHO) report predicts that almost 90 % of Irish men and 84 % of Irish women will fall into body mass index (BMI) […]

1.      How much will households pay in water charges? The Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government has stated that the circa €537 million per annum in Government subvention of Irish Water in 2015 and 2016 will be conditional on the average water charge for households being €240 per year, subject to final assessment […]

I am committed to ‘Three Steps to Local Recovery’; 1 creation of local jobs and enterprise; 2 supporting families and households and 3 supporting empowering communities If you elect Fine Gael councillors we will: · Not support any increase in the local property tax, and decrease it where possible · Freeze commercial rates, and reduce them where possible · […]