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Three stunning new developments from Glenveagh Homes now available

Over a long number of years Glenveagh have earned a reputation as being one of the best home builders in Ireland. Building modern homes for the way people live today, Glenveagh have been very proactive in bringing quality family homes to communities across Ireland. Not…

General

Lotto winner sells Drogheda home

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Lotto winner Greg Smyth has sold his Co Louth home via MyHome.ie. The 31-year-old son of golfing legend Des Smyth clinched a €9.4m jackpot back in 2008. The Drogheda house has five bedrooms with two en-suites, a modern fitted kitchen and a landscaped back garden.

Land

€750k for Duleek housing site

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A site within Dublin’s commuter belt at Duleek, Co Meath, will be an interesting test of the new housing market when it goes to auction on May 20th. Jill Horan of Savills is quoting a minimum value of €750,000 for the 4.9 hectares (12.28 acres) off…

Allsop Space set for record breaking auction on February 25th

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Auctioneers Allsop Space will once again break Irish auction records when it puts 190 properties with a total guideline price of €27m under the hammer in the RDS in Dublin on Tuesday February 25th. The 190 lots are a mixture of commercial, residential and land,…

First 'Build to Lease' scheme to be built in Drogheda

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Construction work is to begin shortly on 25 new homes in Drogheda, as the local Borough Council becomes the first local authority in the country to use the Department of the Environment, Community & Local Government’s ‘Build to Lease’ programme to provide social housing. A…

Councillor resigns over property tax payment

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A Drogheda Borough Council Socialist Party councillor in Louth will resign his seat after an unknown member of the public paid the property tax on his behalf. It is understood that Frank Gallagher had refused to pay the tax in protest of so-called 'stealth taxes'.…

Dowth Hall sells for €5 million

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One of Ireland’s finest country estates, Dowth Hall in Co Meath, has sold at auction for €5 million to an Irish buyer. According to The Irish Times, the sale represents one of the biggest of prime farmland in the State in recent years. Dowth Hall,…

Dowth Hall to be sold at auction

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The first major auction of the year will take place this Thursday January 31st when Knight Frank put Dowth Hall in Drogheda, Co Meath under the hammer. The manor house, which has a guide price of €3.75m, is set on a 420-acre site and will be offered…

NAMA to invest €20m in Drogheda shopping centre

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NAMA is to invest €20m in an extension to the Scotch Hall development in Drogheda. The investment will create 150 construction jobs and a further 150 retail jobs when its completed. The development will include an 8-screen cinema, a food court with five units, a…

Urban population lives on just 2.4% of total land area

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New census figures show an increase in Irish population density. The Central Statistics Office (CSO) has released details highlighting the fact that an average of 67 people live on every square kilometre. That is compared to 62 in the previous census of 2006. The urban…