A High Court judge has ordered a Dublin city centre property described as a potential fire safety risk be vacated by all its residents by July 9.

Personal debt campaigners say hundreds of more people will soon benefit from the new insolvency regime.

The first person to benefit from a debt settlement under the new personal insolvency regime is reported to have had up to 70% of his debt written off.

Residents of the notorious Priory Hall ghost estate have urged Taoiseach Enda Kenny to resolve the long-running scandal after the tragic suicide of a man caught up in the crisis.

The New Beginning group is laying the foundations to become a fully-fledged political party after its co-founder last night declared: “A truly national political movement born free from failed politics can deliver real change.”

Homeowners are being warned that collection of the new Local Property Tax will be strictly enforced and that any unpaid taxes, plus late payment interest, will have to cleared before their property can be legally sold or transferred.

IT IS the kind of controversy that the mischievous devil in Patrick Kavanagh would have relished: the dead poet, the very much alive beauty and the perplexed academics — all locked in a battle for the hearts and minds of literate Ireland.