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The Government is to allow those who enter a personal insolvency arrangement to defer payment of ...
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09.43 1 Mar 2013


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Your Five a Day - Top 5 stories making headlines this morning

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The Government is to allow those who enter a personal insolvency arrangement to defer payment of the property tax

But the move - to be announced later this morning - will not find favour with the opposition who'll say it doesn't go far enough in dealing with those who simply can't afford to pay.

This morning the Dáil will begin passing legislation to allow for some amendments to the property tax.

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These include no payment for those in pyrite hit homes, until the pyrite issue is resolved and properties owned by charities.

And deferral of payment will be allowed for those dealing with the estate of deceased persons, and those who can show extreme hardship.

Today Michael Noonan will also outline how someone who enters a personal insolvency arrangement under the new laws can also defer payment of the property tax, but it will still have to be paid when they become solvent again.

And coalition deputies from Dublin will wonder why for the third time, Minister Noonan's ignoring their calls for changes because they say the tax unfairly hits those living in the capital.

Post mortem will take place later after the discovery of a body in a burned out car in Co Louth yesterday

The car and body were discovered in Co. Louth yesterday

The remains were found at 7 o'clock last night at Gyles Quay near Lordship, close to where Detective Garda Adrian Donohue was shot dead in January.

Tom Brady, Security Editor with the Irish Independent, spoke earlier and said any connection between the two cases is purely speculation at this stage. 

 

Man, believed to be a former politician, held on suspicion of conspiracy to kill

It's understood the man, who was arrested yesterday morning and brought to Gurranebraher garda station, is being questioned about an alleged plot to kill a garda, a revenue official and an accountant in Cork.

The three potential victims had reportedly been looking into the man's business affairs.

It's thought the man he approached about the assassination attempts informed gardaí, who set up an undercover operation that led to his arrest.

The man is being questioned under section 50 of the Criminal Justice Act and he can be held for up to seven days.

 

Father of five to be sentenced later today for Tiger raid

A father-of-five is to be sentenced today for his part in a raid in which a Dublin bank manager’s husband and two small children were held captive in a van

Michael Mc Guirk of CaptainÂ’s Road, Crumlin, pleaded guilty to the robbery at Bank of Ireland in Inchicore on October 23rd, 2009 in which more than €200,000 was taken.

Bank of Ireland branch officer, Nicola Hall was woken by masked and armed raiders at her home in Lucan on the night before the robbery.

The kidnapping was organised in a series of arranged stages.

The 45 year old was the only raider to be caught. He pleaded guilty to robbery and is due to be sentenced.

 

A taxi driver dragged through streets by police van later dies in custody

An investigation is being carried out in South Africa where a taxi driver has died after being dragged through the streets by a police van

A taxi driver arrested for parking on the wrong side of the road died after he was handcuffed to a police van and dragged through the streets.

A murder investigation has now been ordered into the death of Mozambican taxi driver, Mido Macia, who was later found dead in a jail cell.

The arrest was filmed on a mobile phone in front of a large crowd. The video shows officers overpowering the 27-year-old and knocking him to the ground. He is then tied to the rear of the van and dragged 400m as it drives off.

South Africa’s Minister of Police has launched an investigation after amateur footage emerged showing the incident as it took place.


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