Government to sell house to help fund Irish Coast Guard

The house, worth €174,500, will be sold as part of efforts to fund the Irish Coast Guard. File picture: John Hennessy

The Government is to sell a house worth €174,500 as part of efforts to fund the Irish Coast Guard, after the property was bequeathed to the State.

Eileen Theresa Plunkett passed away in 2020 and gifted her property in Painestown, Co Meath to the coast guard in her will.