IFA to meet NRA over land deal

IFA president John Dillon will meet with Peter Malone, the chairman of the National Roads Authority, and other members of its board today to demand that the deadlines set out in the national roads agreement are met in full and that local authorities pay the full open market value for land being acquired.

Mr Dillon said landowners affected by major national roads developments are being put at a serious financial loss resulting from the time it is taking local authorities and the NRA to get to the “dealing point” to agree compensation for land.

The agreement targets a maximum of six months to complete this process.