FURIOUS union leaders yesterday demanded a renegotiation of the Programme for Prosperity and Fairness and said that the latest 5.5pc inflation figures had rendered the PPF worthless. ATGWU leader Mick O'Reilly launched the broadside at the government over the latest figures and

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"Therefore." added the Minister. "the taxpayer could rightly say they were contributing a fair amount in taxation and we have been able to run these Budget surpluses, while at the same time being able to put money away for pension reserve reform into the future. and the National

By LORNA REID rner Affairs Corresp NEW house prices are still increasing respite government claims to the contrary. A new survey undertaken by the Institute of Professional Auctioneers and Valuers (IPAV) bears out findings of the ERSI earlier this month which clashed with Depart

The satellite counties of Meath and Kildare are showing the effects of the building spread from the capital with Meath recording the highest price for new and second hand homes at £245.000 and £200.000 respectively. The national average for new house prices. according to the IPA

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Inflation plea by SFA THE Small Firms Association (SFA) has called for the establishment of an infrastructure savings bond to encourage people to stop spending and start saving in a bid to slow down inflation. SFA chairman Kieran Crowley said that high inflation was partly being

A PRIVATE group of Irish investors named as the Papillion consortium has bought the Post Office 'development at Nexus Point in Birmingham for a total of stg£3.3m. The unit is scheduled for completion in 'December this year.

GLENCAR has started a drilling programme on a major prospect identified on its acreage in Co Kildare. The first shallow hole will take about three weeks to complete but this will be followed by a much deeper test designed to sample the bedrock to a depth of 600 metres. Kenmore t