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Local Talks on issues affecting the Elderly

  Talk 28th May 201 @ 7 p.m.   Geraldine Conaghan apologies to all of Burt’s Women’s Group for her failure to attend the March meeting, as she was under the impression dates and time had to be confirmed.  She is happy to attend the May meeting and deal with the queries received dealing mostly

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Local Property TAX – exemptions not limited to FIRST TIME BUYERS

The Finance (Local Property Tax) Act 2012 (‘the Act’) provides that the owner on 1st November 2013 is the person liable to pay LPT for 2014 – even if that person is selling the property before the end of this year and will not own or occupy the property at any time during 2014. This

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Donegal County Council taking over estates with mechanical treatment plants

Under  Section 180 of the Planning and Development Act 2000 as amended (“Section 180”) the Local Authorities are obliged to take services in charge once they are completed.  Donegal County Council were refusing to take over Estates where there were mechanical treatment plants but are no longer allowed to do so. If the majority of

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Child Care cases now being reported

The Child Care Law Reporting Project (CCLRP) has been established to examine and report on child care proceedings in the courts, under  the Child Care (Amendment) Act 2007, which modified the in camera rule governing cases heard under the Child Care Acts.  For the first time reports of court proceedings where children are taken into

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Austerity

Economist and New York Times columnist Paul Krugman is not buying that Austerity is good for us, as he wrote recently that nobody is saying that Ireland is recovering, only that it is “set to recover”. As he says. ” we’ve heard that before, and before, and before”.. He highlights “Ireland’s odd economic structure, in

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Commonage Partitioned in Buncrana Circuit Court

Today, in Buncrana Circuit Court, on an application by Donal McGuinness BL, instructed by MacBride Conaghan, commonage was sub-divided by Judge John O Hagan in what may be one of the first cases in the County seeking Partition under the 2009 Land Act.  With Commonage issues in the news due to worries of financial corrections

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Why Lawyers Are Unhappy

While pessimists tend to be losers on many fronts, there is one striking exception: pessimists may fare better in law. According to the American research, it stems from three causes: (1) Lawyers are selected for their pessimism (or “prudence”) and this extends to the rest of their lives; (2) their jobs are characterized by high

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Insolvency Guidelines on Living expenses

The Insolvency Service (ISI), the body set up to administer the Personal Insolvency Legislation, finally published guidelines as to what constitutes a reasonable standard of living and reasonable living expenses. This will be used to calculate the insolvent’s disposable income available to meet its debts to avail of the insolvency processes. On the 18 April

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U. K. Lasting Powers of Attorney

There is no reciprocal agreement between the UK Office of the Court of Protection and Ireland ‘s High Court Wards of Court Office  regarding UK Lasting Powers of Attorney and Irish Enduring Powers of Attorney.  With regard to all foreign Powers, it is a matter for the individual  institutions (e.g., the Bank) in this jurisdiction

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Local Property Tax keys Dates

On  March 2013, the forms and detailed guidance were published by Revenue, and the following are further KEY DATES: 30 April                                     Household charge will be capped at €130 if paid before thus date 01 May                                       Local Property Tax (LPT) liability and valuation date 07 May                                      Paper returns

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