A PRIME development site in the business hub of Castlebar will go under the hammer on Thursday, September 21.
The site, located on the Lough Lannagh Road at Newtown borders the back of Tesco and is ideal for retail outlets causing a huge stir in the county and further afield since news that it was [...]

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An art forger who fooled an Antiques Roadshow expert into paying £20,000 for a fake painting was jailed for two years yesterday.
Robert Thwaites, 54, duped connoisseur Rupert Maas, using tips from The Art Forger’s Handbook. These included the use of genuine Victorian newspaper as backing paper.
He claimed the picture was a family heirloom [...]

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Saga, the company renowned for selling holidays and insurance to millions of over-50s, is to conduct an auction of its radio business that is likely to attract interest from some of the country’s biggest media groups, The Sunday Telegraph.
Charterhouse, the private equity investor that owns Saga, has decided that the company’s quartet of [...]

Major changes to stamp duty on houses are to be considered today by the Progressive Democrats in a push for new tax cuts after the next general election. The party will be given a series of options to consider from a package drawn up by party experts.
These options will include the abolition of stamp [...]

Premier Foods PLC has been forced out of the 1.7 bln stg battle for United Biscuits’ snacks businesses in the UK and Ireland after the owner of Branston pickles and Ambrosia custard struggled to raise enough cash to win the auction, the Financial Times newspaper reported.
The move leaves the path clear for US buy-out firm [...]