“I’m sorry u r bald.”

With much pomp and fanfare, Egypt yesterday unveiled a major extension of the Suez Canal billed by its patron, President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi as a historic achievement needed to boost the country’s ailing economy after years of unrest.

The scale at which urban property taxpayers are subsidising rural ones could provoke a renewed backlash against the levy, Government TDs have warned.

If you haven’t paid your local property tax or household charge or undervalued your house for the property tax, you have until the end of March to rectify matters.