Annual retail sales fall 10%
Annual retail sales continued to fall in September, slipping 10 per cent compared to the same month a year earlier, but rose 2.1 per cent month-on-month. The latest data from the Central Statistics Office showed that both value and volume of sales during the month slipped. Excluding the motor trade, sales volume fell 6.0 per...
Councillors reject Dunne’s new plan for Ballsbridge site
DUBLIN CITY councillors have again rejected developer Seán Dunne’s plans to redevelop the site of the former Jurys and Berkeley Court hotels in Ballsbridge, which he bought for €450 million four years ago. Councillors unanimously recommended that city planners refuse Mr Dunne’s application even though he had significantly scaled back his original plans for the...
