Govt assisting 'property rip-off' - Sargent

Green Party Leader Trevor Sargent has accused the Taoiseach Bertie Ahern and the Government of facilitating property 'rip-offs', by failing to regulate auctioneers, estate agents, management companies and developers.

Deputy Sargent said: "The excellent Prime Time Investigates programme broadcast last night shows that the Government has been turning a blind eye to unethical, illegal and conspiratorial practices at the expense of ordinary buyers, sellers and occupiers of homes.