McNamara faces €96m lawsuit on glassbottle site
DEVELOPER Bernard McNamara is being personally sued for €96m by clients of Davy Stockbrokers over the now infamous purchase of the Irish Glass Bottle Site. Mr McNamara, who last week launched a €140m action against the Dublin Docklands Development Authority (DDDA) over the terms of the mammoth property deal, one of the largest in Irish...
City footfall nosedived before Bus Gate review
A new report presented to Dublin City Council says that retail activity in the city centre has been in decline since April 2008. The report was prepared as the local authority decided to review its ‘Bus Gate’ traffic management system, which has had a dramatic adverse impact on retail trade in the city centre —...
Council wants to put halting site in posh suburb – Dalkey
The rich and famous inhabitants of Dalkey in south Co Dublincould be hosting a halting site as well as major commercial development on their coastline if the local council gets its way. Dun Laoghaire/Rathdown Co Council is proposing to zone the coastal area at Bullock Harbour in Dalkey — where Pat Kennylives — for commercial...
We need to design a workable land tax