Plus: Defence Forces spending on Pilates sounds like a bit of a stretch, Michael McGrath discusses European master plan in Cork and Independent TDs take us back to the past
Sally Rooney: The author has written to Mayo County Council objecting to a proposed data centre near Ballina. Photograph: Ellius Grace/The New York Times, warning that “if fossil fuels keep burning at present rates, we are headed for apocalyptic civilisational collapse”.
Chris Packham: ‘I was a very angry young man, confused because of my undiagnosed autism. It had an enormous impact on my life’Your January garden doesn’t care about your new year’s resolutions Sarah MacLachlann, trading as Pilates Performance Ireland, was paid €27,440 to put on courses for Defence Forces physical training instructors, who will use what they learnt to teach downward dog and the bridge pose to recruits.
Last week Revenue filed two judgments totalling €14,723 against Hasbrook Media, a consultancy firm that is 100 per cent owned by the media executive, who has also served stints on the boards of the National Library of Ireland and the Irish Museum of Modern Art. The couple tried again last year, enlisting Dermot Bannon to design a single two-storey house in the grounds for themselves, but Dún Laoghaire Rathdown County Council again shot down the plans last week. The couple were told that the proposed house would “negatively impact on the unique character of the protected structure” and “set a poor precedent” for development beside a listed building.
Lowery openly admitted to securing appointments for colleagues and supporters, including PR woman Valerie O’Reilly who was given a role on the board of the National Transport Authority at the time.
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