Tim and Sinead’s dream of owning a house suffers setback

TIM DONOVAN and his fiancée Sinead Murphy’s dream of owning a new house was dealt another severe blow yesterday by Mr McCreevy.

Last month the first-time buyer’s grant of €3,800 was scrapped, and now they have to cope with a 1% VAT hike that will increase the cost of their home by another €1,500.

With house prices rising sharply already, Tim and Sinead had hoped to buy or build a four-bedroomed dormer house in Cork within two years.