A FIANNA FÁIL county councillor was under pressure from council colleagues last night after he featured high on the Revenue Commissioners’ latest quarterly list of tax settlements.

Homeowners whose houses have been affected by pyrite will today outline their concerns to the Oireachtas environment committee.

A protest has taken place outside the offices of Homebond in Dublin calling on the insurer to pay pyrite damage compensation claims.

Taoiseach Enda Kenny has dismissed claims the State should bear some responsibility for pyrite-damaged homes.

A protest will be held today to highlight the situation faced by thousands of homeowners whose houses are affected by pyrite damage.

A demonstration is being staged in Dublin today to highlight the plight of homeowners whose houses have been structurally damaged because pyrite was used in their construction.

Cork: Housing registrations fell 56% to 94 units in September from a year earlier, according to Homebond, which registers new developments.

HOMEOWNERS will pay an extra €50,000 by extending the term of their mortgage by 10 years.

NEW house starts in the midwest have come to a virtual standstill, Government figures have revealed.

THE number of new houses registered fell sharply over the last 12 months with many rural areas seeing a near 90% drop.

Four bedroom detached homes in Killorglin, Co Kerry, that were priced at €330,000 last year have just had a price drop to €240,000 and €250,000.

HOUSE registrations fell 81% to 204 in January from a year earlier, Dublin-based Homebond said.

HOUSING starts continue to fall and have hit another record low in November.

HOUSING registrations, a key measure of new housing starts, fell 70% in August, the latest figures form HomeBond show.

Irish housing starts took a further downward turn over the summer, as builders respond to weaker demand and a significant number of unsold stock.

HOUSE building registrations continued to weaken in May with a total of 1,419 units registered.

UNCERTAINTY over the state of the property market intensified yesterday as falling demand for homes led to a record 61% slump in the number of new houses being built.

by Homebond show new home registrations fell by 6.2% in September.

HAS a corner been turned in the supply of new homes?

Construction began on a record number of houses in Ireland in 2002, new figures today revealed.

AFTER several Bacon reports, we merry cash-flush Irish lashed out pesetas and punts on buying Spanish property.