© Sunday Tribune |
18 Apr '10 |
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Michael Clifford - sifting through the carnage of developer led planning
Last Monday, a majority of Dun Laoghaire/Rathdown county councillors voted to reject a ministerial directive from John Gormley to rein in their rezoning instincts. The councillors in question were fro - Subscribe |
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© Business Post |
18 Apr '10 |
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Opera Lane lease for Tommy Hilfiger
Fashion retailer Tommy Hilfiger has taken a lease on a 745 square metre store at the Opera Lane development off Patrick Street in Cork city. - Subscribe |
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© Business Post |
18 Apr '10 |
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Development land for sale in Cobh
The 114-acre site opposite Passage West is for sale on the instructions of receiver David Hughes of Ernst and Young, and DTZ Sherry FitzGerald is seeking best offers by June 12. - Subscribe |
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© Business Post |
18 Apr '10 |
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Banks seek loopholes to escape tracker mortgages
A source close to one of the banks said it was looking at provisions in mortgage contracts that could get the banks off the hook in some cases. Some tracker mortgages sold to buy-to-let investors incl - Subscribe |
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© Business Post |
18 Apr '10 |
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McInerney directors agreed major pay cuts
Barry O?Connor, managing director of McInerney, agreed a 45 per cent pay cut that would be applied to him and other senior executives prior to relinquishing his role with the troubled housebuilder rec - Subscribe |
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© Business Post |
18 Apr '10 |
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Cool hand Luke
As one of a tiny number of Irish property developers with no exposure to Ireland, Luke Comer knows that there is a right time to be in the right place. He stopped doing business in Ireland in 1984, at - Subscribe |
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© Business Post |
18 Apr '10 |
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Monahan in talks with Howard over ?200m Polish deal
Howard Holdings was one of the most active developers in the country over the past ten years, claiming to have a portfolio of projects worth ?4 billion. - Subscribe |
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© Business Post |
18 Apr '10 |
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Work on ?1.8bn resort to go ahead
Flash Developments, which is headed by Ciaran Maguire, has received deposits from more than 200 Irish and British investors for apartments and villas in the planned Palm View resort. - Subscribe |
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© Irish Independent |
18 Apr '10 |
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?353m debtor Murtagh: 'I do not feel one bit responsible for borrowings'
Brendan Murtagh, the Kingspan founder and director with liabilities of over ?353m, has hit out at the bankers and developers who landed him in his precarious financial position. - Subscribe |
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© Irish Independent |
18 Apr '10 |
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Value of that second home in the sun dries up
Overall, according to latest government figures, there are at least 310,000 second homes in Ireland. But while official data is not available, it is well accepted that many teachers, gardai, prison of - Subscribe |
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© Irish Independent |
18 Apr '10 |
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Anglo lent to investor estate agents
In 2006, the bank issued loans to a consortium of investors that was led by managing director of Douglas Newman Good (DNG), Keith Lowe, for two development sites in Walkinstown and Crumlin in Dublin.
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© Irish Independent |
18 Apr '10 |
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Second Nama chief listed as Savills shareholder
NAMA faces another potential banana skin, just a week after the Sunday Independent revealed that its top property adviser, John Mulcahy, owned ?2.3m-worth of shares in Jones Lang LaSalle, the internal - Subscribe |
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© Irish Independent |
18 Apr '10 |
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Restaurant surviving on breadline
The owners of popular restaurant Diep Le Shaker have been served with an eviction notice as they can no longer meet the annual ?130,000-a-year rent bill. - Subscribe |
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© The Irish Times |
17 Apr '10 |
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Montrose owners propose budget rooms rescue plan
To date, no renovations have taken place and discussions between Lonnegan directors, property consultant David Courtney and accountant Padraig Breen, and staff representatives are continuing over a re - Subscribe |
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© Irish Independent |
17 Apr '10 |
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Bank offers borrowers ?1,000 if they switch mortgages to rivals
The unprecedented cash offer by Bank of Scotland/Halifax is a desperate bid to offload its loss-making tracker mortgages. - Subscribe |
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© Irish Independent |
17 Apr '10 |
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Anglo encouraged me to borrow vast sums -- developer
Fordmount Property Group's Michael Daly said he was actively encouraged by Anglo to undertake massive property developments with the assurance that hundreds of millions of euro would be made availabl - Subscribe |
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© The Property Week |
17 Apr '10 |
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Property Week 100 - second update
Three months into the year and ?on the market?, 100 representative properties carefully selected and tracked by PropertyWeek.ie through the year are providing a clear picture of what? - Subscribe |
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© Irish Examiner |
16 Apr '10 |
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Planner warns 9 years to clear vacant houses if slump prevails
ADDRESSING the national conference of the Irish Planning Institute, Ciaran Tracey, planning officer with Leitrim County Council said if the economic conditions that prevailed in the last year do not p - Subscribe |
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© Irish Examiner |
16 Apr '10 |
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Consultant sets up ?NAMA beag? for homeowners
Retired solicitor Andrew Dillon said it was time ordinary people who had been lent extraordinary amounts came together and forced action. NAMA Beag will act as a discussion and advisory service for pe - Subscribe |
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© Irish Examiner |
16 Apr '10 |
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Developer offers solution to empty homes problem
Bill Nowlan, chief executive of independent property advisory WK Nowlan and Associates, said the number of developers who are "capable of writing a cheque are few and far between". - Subscribe |
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