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A controversial proposal to de-zone lands for a data centre in county Wicklow has been defeated by local councillors. The successful motion to retain the zoning was proposed by Councillor Pat Vance. According to the council chief executive and the Department of the Environment the zoning of the lands at Newtownmountkennedy, was “piecemeal and random.” […]

The foundations of the historic St Mary’s church on Dublin’s City Quay are in danger of being undermined by the construction of a giant office block on its neighbouring site, according to local residents. The site is being developed by Targeted Investment Opportunities (TIO), a consortium of Bennett Construction, Oaktree Capital and NAMA (a public […]

The spectre of strict border controls surfaced during the UK referendum on membership of the European Union (EU). Certainly, it was part of the ‘Project Fear’ tactic of the Remain campaign. It has also struck a chord with many in communities on the border. However, this ignores the historical fact that controls were at their […]

The charging of another former NAMA official with the leaking of confidential information has added to the already significant pressure on the agency’s chairman and chief executive and on finance minister, Michael Noonan, to concede an independent inquiry into its activities. Paul Pugh (56), from Clontarf Road in Dublin, is charged with disclosing confidential information […]

The Democratic candidate can learn that it is difficult for a woman to be likeable in a tragedy

A new source tells Village that Smithwick Tribunal unduly relied on double agent Fulton’s evidence that Corrigan was the colluder. Confusingly, the PSNI named someone else as the colluder