Land legislation to be modernised

A CHAPTER will close on Ireland’s Pride and Prejudice land laws when radical modernisation plans are unveiled next month.

Almost 160 antiquated pieces of legislation will be consigned to history under the ambitious plans to bring the statute books into the 21st century.

President of the Law Reform Commission, Ms Justice Catherine McGuinness, said: “The vast majority of land law is pre-1922 so it is not even within the lifetime of the State.”