Ballymahon students win big at Young Economist of Year competition
Central Bank boss praises south Longford students in securing silver gong at prestigious awards
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Budding young economists Michelle Laffan and Katie Brogan with economics teacher Leeanne Walsh, from Mercy Secondary School in Ballymahon, Longford. Missing from the picture is student Aoife Duffy. );
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Budding economists from Longford, Michelle Laffan, Aoife Duffy and Katie Brogan, have won the Central Bank of Ireland Silver Award at the Young Economist of the Year competition.
The students from Mercy Secondary School in Ballymahon, Longford, were honoured for their project which explored regressive taxation and carbon tax.
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Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform Michael McGrath has said that the Government will be asking local authorities to actively work with the owners of vacant properties to identify the reasons why a property was vacant and what needed to be done to return it to use.
There were many reasons why such properties were vacant, he told Newstalk Breakfast, such as probate, the owner could be in a nursing home or the property was derelict.
While an Indecon report some years ago had advised against a vacant property tax, there was a need to make better use of such properties, he said.
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A decision on the extension of the Pandemic Unemployment Payment will be made at the end of this month, Government leaders have confirmed.
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