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compulsory purchase orders
Derelict properties: how many vacant homes and sites did your council buy via CPO last year?
We reveal exactly how many properties were acquired across the country in 2025.
Ireland's local authorities acquired 99 properties via Compulsory Purchase Orders in 2025.
Monaghan County Council acquired the highest number of properties, followed by Limerick City and County Council and Waterford City and County Council.
11 councils did not acquire a single property.
Sunday
29 Mar
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Patrick Gleeson
Cork woman pays tribute to 'most wonderful' partner after meat factory death
The 42 GAA Weekly
League finals review: Donegal-Kerry and Meath-Cork
Fintan O’Toole and Declan Bogue give their immediate thoughts from Croke Park after Donegal outclassed Kerry in the Division 1 National Football League final, and Meath got the better of Cork in the Division 2 decider.
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spending and saving
From the archives: Compare our first ever Money Diaries in 2018 to your current spending
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your stories
Do you have a dodgy box, what's your thinking and will the recent court case change anything?
As it happened
Minute-by-Minute
Kerry v Donegal, Division 1 football league final
Jim McGuinness’ side won on a scoreline of 3-20 to 2-10.
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Cookstown
Woman arrested in connection with discovery of man's body released without charge
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savings and investments
New state investment scheme to axe capital gains tax for Irish savers
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7 deadly reads
Sitdown Sunday: Irish author Colm Tóibín on living in the US under Trump
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Internet Diaries
Relationship hacking: The internet's latest dubious way of telling men how to 'get girls'
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Conflict
Thomas Byrne in Ukraine: Kyiv is a city that appears at peace, but lives with war
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Analysis
Why young people are suffering the most from Ireland’s stuttering jobs market
There are some concerns that this could be the canary in the coal mine for a softening of the broader labour market.
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Daylight Savings Time
In case you forgot, the clocks went forward by an hour overnight
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Political prisoners
Israel pushes on with its execution bill for Palestinian prisoners, in a worrying policy shift
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The Morning Lead
Ireland needs more landlords 'that have five or more houses who treat it like a business'
The government is trying to ‘change the housing culture in Ireland’, according to Fine Gael MEP Regina Doherty.
Saturday
28 Mar
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Limerick District Court
Woman and teenage girl charged over assault on Scarlett Faulkner
The woman in her 40s and the girl were arrested on Thursday morning in connection with the incident in Co Tipperary.
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column
This war is the single dumbest thing Trump has done since returning to the White House
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Interview
Being a first-time TD: 'Nobody runs without hoping to get made Taoiseach some day'
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Fingallians GAA
Swords GAA club says it is set to lose half of its playing space due to the Metrolink
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ONE
'We are suffering a housing crisis': President attends anniversary event for veterans’ homeless charity
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Cookstown
Woman (50s) arrested in relation to discovery of man’s body at Dublin residence
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Dublin Airport
Man charged after 21.5kg of cannabis discovered in baggage of passenger on flight from Malaga
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Courts
Belfast man charged over alleged assault on Ryanair crew member before take-off from Dublin Airport
