Intractable dispute
The sites are part of an international asset portfolio it valued at €233m in 2009, when the government of the time looked for a report of its affairs as part of the plan to renegotiate the redress package. That 2009 report identified its entire land bank as being restricted, because it was still in use.
The congregation then made an additional offer of €5m towards the cost of redress. This has not been paid, as a dedicated trust fund will only become law this week after President Michael D Higgins signs a commencement bill that was passed last Friday.
