A HIGH Court challenge against Galway County Council’s Aran Island passenger levy will be heard in March, a ferry company which brought the action was told this week.
The council’s decision to impose an 80 cent levy on all passengers disembarking at Cill Rónáin harbour on Inis Mór brought islanders onto the streets of the city last month.
IT IS good to be Lisa Hannigan these days. Her second album Passenger, released in October, has enjoyed critical and public acclaim and her recent appearances in America have also been well received. Now 2012 starts on a bright note, with a Meteor Choice Award nomination for the Meath singer-songwriter.
O’Donnellan & Joyce will kickstart its auctions for 2012 when it brings a mixture of commercial receiverships, executor homes, investments, and family homes, all at very attractive and reasonable prices, to auction next month. According to the agents this a must-sell auction.
Chrysler's first supermini, the new Ypsilon, has gone on sale in Ireland.