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# land - Tuesday 5 March, 2019
Plans to rezone industrial lands in Dublin to allow for housing revealed
A Dublin City Council month meeting last night was informed of potential “new growth areas” within the M50.
# land - Friday 21 December, 2018
Farmer (74) sentenced after shooting another farmer and his dog over land feud
Ted O’Donoghue shot and injured John Hayes (66) on 16 June 2017, at lands at Ballycasey, Kildimo, Co Limerick.
# land - Thursday 21 June, 2018
Residents of Scottish island raise €5.1 million to buy out aristocrat landlord
They delayed the sale under a new Scottish law, allowing them to raise the money through public funds and private donations.
# land - Saturday 2 September, 2017
86 burnt-out cars removed from site of planned new suburb ahead of project launch
A large-scale housing development could put an end to the site being used for anti-social behaviour.
# land - Wednesday 21 June, 2017
How does a person end up owning land that belonged to Dublin City Council?
Cases of adverse possession are quite common in Ireland.
# land - Friday 16 June, 2017
Farmer shot and injured in suspected dispute over land
A man has been arrested following the incident.
Dublin woman now owns a quarter acre back garden due to council oversight
The woman’s grandfather had previously paid rent on and kept the land.
# land - Tuesday 7 February, 2017
Two men arrested over €5 million land and forestry fraud
Gardaí said a significant amount of money held in Irish banks has been frozen.
# land - Saturday 28 January, 2017
Mark Zuckerberg drops controversial lawsuits seeking to buy Hawaiian land
The Facebook CEO and his wife Priscilla Chan said they were ending the cases “to find a better path forward”.
# land - Sunday 4 December, 2016
Dartmouth Square dispute features in finale of land documentary
“The Irish lose any sense they have when it comes to land,” is one of the many theories offered.
# land - Friday 14 October, 2016
Locals hopeful Ballymun site will sell and rejuvenate town
The land is beside the old Ballymun shopping centre.
# land - Monday 22 August, 2016
'People are holding onto land with no intention of developing it and just hoping for the best'
The Small Firms Association wants the government to bring in a scheme to encourage landowners to sell up.
# land - Saturday 30 July, 2016
Good news for turf cutters: New laws will allow them to work on protected bogs
Rural Affairs Minister Heather Humphreys published legislation during the week to de-designate 46 National Heritage Areas (NHAs) in Ireland.
# land - Thursday 26 March, 2015
This Hollywood star's incredibly scenic former Cork retreat is up for grabs
Maureen O’Hara was very happy here (and there’s room to land a seaplane).
# land - Thursday 19 June, 2014
Opinion: As a former Israeli soldier, I had to speak out about the injustices I participated in
After serving as an IDF combat soldier and commander, Yehuda Sahul questioned the morality of the military action in the West Bank.
# land - Wednesday 4 June, 2014
NAMA to sell major site next to half-built former Anglo headquarters
It is envisaged that the completed development will be similar in size to the commercial footprint of the Spencer Dock development.
# land - Thursday 20 March, 2014
Average value of Irish farm land drops €500 an acre
The latest report shows that land prices may be going down but demand is growing.
# land - Tuesday 11 March, 2014
Dublin council bans animal-act circuses on public land
The move came after students set up a petition calling for an end to animal-act circuses.
# land - Saturday 1 March, 2014
Gardaí called to auction sit-in protest in Maynooth
Organisers called on the REA Coonan estate agent to sign an agreement that no properties that are in legal dispute should be sold.
# land - Saturday 2 November, 2013
Israeli settlements in Palestine 'single biggest obstruction to peace'
Following a visit to Palestine, Irish MEP Emer Costello said the rapid expansion of these settlements was resulting in “the death of so many communities”.
# land - Friday 13 September, 2013
Gilligan's Kildare estate up for sale - and could fetch €500k
The convicted criminal is currently serving a 20-year jail sentence.
# land - Friday 14 June, 2013
Poll: Should landowners be forced to provide access to their lands?
The Dáil will debate the issue today. What is your view?
# land - Friday 5 April, 2013
Minister warns of risk of more land and forest fires
High to extreme risk conditions for fire will persist until the coming weekend at least, according to Met Éireann’s fire weather index.
Column: This property tax is callous and a breach in democratic norms
The Government has no democratic mandate from the electorate for a property tax. In fact, they were elected on the very opposite of commitments, writes Kieran Allen.
# land - Thursday 31 January, 2013
Column: Having the Revenue assess the value of your home is a totally unsuitable idea
There has been immense confusion over the valuation of homes for the property tax, which is why a site value tax would have been better, writes James Pike.
# land - Monday 14 January, 2013
Why half of the world's food goes to waste
Mechanical Engineers Institute explains wastage occurs both at farmer-producer end of food chain and consumer level.
# land - Wednesday 19 December, 2012
Committee finds Lowry breached ethics laws in not declaring shareholding in companies
However the committee said the breach was unintentional and that Lowry acted it “in good faith”.
# land - Wednesday 28 November, 2012
Public ethics watchdog to investigate Lowry’s failure to declare land
SIPO will be asked to investigate whether Michael Lowry breached ethics laws by not declaring his interests in land in Wigan.
# land - Monday 12 November, 2012
Nearly 300 complaints against Lowry left in limbo as legal advice sought
The number of complaints made against the TD had totalled just 83 last Wednesday.
# land - Wednesday 7 November, 2012
Lowry declares land of "negligible value" after 83 complaints
His change of mind came a week after he had declared the land as having no value.
# land - Tuesday 30 October, 2012
Lowry responds to claims he failed to declare UK land interest
Lowry said the land is worthless, but if it increases in value in coming years he will declare it.
# land - Sunday 21 October, 2012
Documentary sheds light on Teresa Treacy's fight for her trees
The Co Offaly landowner is still fighting to stop her trees from being cut down so that an overground power line can be put in place.
# land - Thursday 11 October, 2012
Hunger remains 'major' global threat to world’s poorest and most vulnerable
The newest Global Hunger Index shows the unsustainable use of land, water, and energy are the biggest factors affecting the food security of the most vulnerable people around the world.
Chinese landowners setting themselves on fire over forced evictions
Ordinary Chinese are turning to desperate forms of protests as local governments continue to seize land to sell the usage rights to property developers.
# land - Monday 16 April, 2012
Bad planning contributing to Irish obesity levels - An Taisce
An Taisce’s comprehensive report suggests urban sprawl means more time in cars or transport – and less time physically active.
The 9 worst councils in Ireland's planning system
An Taisce has rated planning systems in 34 city and county councils. Nine of them got an ‘F’ grade.
# land - Sunday 11 March, 2012
8 of the world’s most spectacular bridges
Yes, they get us from one location to another with ease, but there is more to bridges than that. They can be spectacular works of architecture – and art.
# land - Friday 28 October, 2011
"I'd like to go back to where I was before it ever happened": Teresa Treacy speaks
In advance of a meeting with barristers about her conflict with the ESB and Eirgrid on her land, Teresa Treacy spoke to TheJournal.ie about her experiences in jail, and her hopes for the future.
# land - Monday 24 October, 2011
DUP councillor: “I want Rihanna to enjoy God’s salvation in her life”
The man who asked Rihanna to stop filming on his land has given TheJournal.ie his verdict on her new video – and said he doesn’t think she’s a “naughty person”.
# land - Sunday 9 October, 2011
Teresa Treacy meets young supporters after release from jail
Teresa Treacy, who was released from jail on Thursday, met with some of her young supporters this weekend.
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Poll: Would you go to a socially-distanced concert?
CONCERTS AND MANY other events have, of course, been cancelled during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Images of a socially-distanced concert in England were widely shared during the week.
Fans at the Sam Fender concert at the Virgin Money Unity Arena, a pop-up venue in Gosforth Park, Newcastle, watched the outdoor concert in groups of up to five people from 500 separate raised metal platforms.
Promoters described the event as the world’s first socially-distanced gig. Some people thought the layout looked great, while others were not so sure.
We want to know: Would you go to a socially-distanced concert?
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Dr Anthony O'Connor: 'The rhetoric of “all being in it together” is dead'
By Dr Anthony O'Connor - @Antcon7062
Open Letter from Ireland's psychologists: 'Direct Provision is causing untold psychological harm'
By Psychologists for Social Change Ireland
“As a country we must do better,” according to about 150 signatories.
What we can learn from the world's 'Blue Zones' - where people regularly live into their 90s and 100s
By Professor Ciaran O’Boyle
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