Legal Digest Vol. 2

December 2010

Season's Greetings to all of McGrath O'Donnell & Associates' clients, colleagues and friends.

We are celebrating the Christmas holidays with Volume 2 of our Legal Digest.  You can find topical articles in relation to Christmas bonuses, holiday entitlements and consumer rights in this edition of the Digest.

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The Irish Times 28.10

The Irish Times - Thursday, October 28, 2010

Q&A

Your property questions answered

A tree trial 

Q Have I any right to get the height of trees in a neighbour’s garden reduced or even have them removed? About five years ago, my neighbour planted 10 Leyland Cypress (Cupressocyparis leylandii) trees very close to his side of a tall boundary wall between our gardens. The trees are now over 8mRead more

El País 25.11

Irlanda suprime 25.000 empleos públicos, sube impuestos y recorta el gasto social

El déficit fiscal provocado por la quiebra de los bancos exige un drástico plan de ajuste hasta 2014 - Dublín cifra en 85.000 millones de euros el rescate de la UE

CLAUDI PÉREZ (ENVIADO ESPECIAL) - Dublín - 25/11/2010  

A una gigantesca burbuja le sigue un reventón que se lleva por delante a los bancos. Y entonces el Gobierno socializa las pérdidas: despide a miles de funcionarios, sube los impuestos, baja las pensiones y le da un tijeretazo al Estado del Bienestar para pagar la factura de su sector financiero. Ese es, en resumidas cuentas, el relato del ascenso y la caída de la economía irlandesa en los últimos 10 años.

The Irish Times 4.12

COLM KEENA, Public Affairs Correspondent

Lawyers Examined Fitzpatrick dealings for fraud

ARRANGEMENTS ENTERED into by former banker Seán FitzPatrick earlier this year were examined by lawyers to see if they were fraudulent in the light of his application for bankruptcy.

The Official Assignee in Bankruptcy, Chris Lehane, sought advice from senior and junior counsel as to whether certain transactions and arrangements entered into by the former chairman of AngloRead more

The Irish Times 11.11

11^th November 2010

Property Investor

JACK FAGAN

Some Irish people who invested in holiday homes in the sun are suffering as a result of the collapse of the Spanish property market

BAD and all as things are in the Irish property market, our problems fall well short of those in Spain. Everyone knows that prices here are on the floor but they are still holding up better than in theRead more