ONE of the country’s biggest letting agencies, Ely Property Group, has been ordered to pay €30,000 compensation to a former female employee by the Equality Tribunal after it was found to have discriminated against her on grounds of gender.

ELY, the property arm of Newcourt Group, has acquired a site for the development of student accommodation in London in a €28.5m deal.

Ely Property Group has today announced that it has secured planning permission for a 40 bed private day-care hospital on the site of Aldborough House, Dublin 1.

Racing driver Jacques Villeneuve launched his first rock album on Monday, and the former Formula One ace is hoping it will speed to pole position in the charts.

The family of three children who drowned after a car plunged into a lake has spoken of its devastation.