Revenue to chase down household charge
The Revenue Commissioners are set to be given new powers to chase down the 600,000 homeowners who have yet to pay the household charge. Among…
Month: September 2012
Less than one in seven have registered their septic tanks to date
Fewer than one in seven eligible Irish households have registered for the septic tank charge, just a week before the registration fee increases from €5 to…
Rory McIlroy puts his home on the market for €2.5m
The world’s number one golfer Rory McIlroy has put his luxury Northern Irish home up for sale for £2 million (€2.5m). Situated at Moneyreagh in…
Getting economy back on track and avoiding mass defaults is a difficult task to juggle
In last week’s Friday Feedback we discussed the possible impact of the property tax and Budget on people’s finances going into 2013. As part of…
Landscape gardening project in Sandyford, Co Dublin
As the landscape construction works make good progress, the exciting prospects of the new garden are slowly but certainly beginning to emerge. The scope for…
Dublin councils set to reduce development levies
Two local authorities in the capital have announced proposals to reduce their development levies in a bid to encourage developers to commence work on development…
What to do after being rejected from your mortgage application?
Article contributed by Brentt Taylor About 30 percent of mortgage applications are rejected, with thousands of hopefuls being denied in any given year. Some…
Output continues to fall in construction sector
The volume of output in the building and construction industry fell by 3.2% in the second quarter of this year compared to the first quarter.…
Laois farm to go under the hammer
A 60 acre farm at Coolroe, Ballybrittas, Co Laois is set to go under the hammer at a public auction next month with a guide…
Seven in ten home loans in trouble at Start Mortgages
Seven in ten home loans at sub-prime lender Start Mortgages are in trouble, according to their latest accounts. At the height of the boom Start…