Compo properties 'of no benefit'

Education Minister Noel Dempsey has revealed that half of the properties offered up by the Catholic Church earlier this are of no benefit to the State.

Education Minister Noel Dempsey has revealed that half of the properties offered up by the Catholic Church are of no benefit to the State.

12 properties were put forward by the church in June as part of its €128m contribution to the compensation package for victims of abuse in state-owned institutions.