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Ten communities across Massachusetts are proposing a transfer tax be implemented to help combat the housing crisis.

Boston is taking another crack at trying to impose a 2% tax on big-ticket real estate transactions, which officials say is a necessary step to fund affordable housing development, but the proposal continues to face resistance from industry groups.

Dozens of Massachusetts lawmakers, municipal representatives and residents at the state house Wednesday urged the state’s Joint Committee on Revenue to approve legislation concerning local option real estate transfer fees to help alleviate the impacts of the state-wide housing crisis.  At least ten towns across the commonwealth have already submitted home-rule petitions seeking authorization to […]

New and notable appointments at Europcar Mobility Group Ireland, Byrne Wallace and Aramark Ireland.

Shoppers who pre-order online will get even more money off this ‘mighty’ handset

Trainer baffled as consistent runner stumbles in city race.

The father of the infamous Dundon brothers watched as his youngest son Gerard received a 15-year jail sentence on Friday for an attempt to extort a drug dealer and his brother.

Gangster Ger Dundon has been sentenced to 15 years in prison over a blackmail plot where he ‘threatened to shoot two dudes in the head' if a £300,000 (€343k) ransom was not paid.

Gangster Ger Dundon has been sentenced to 15 years in prison over a blackmail plot where he ‘threatened to shoot two dudes in the head' if a £300,000 (€343k) ransom was not paid.

Notorious Limerick gangster Ger Dundon has been jailed for 15 years in a London court after being convicted over an extortion plot in which he threatened to shoot two men in the head.