Environment: Water services investment: A&L Goodbody
Wednesday, November 9th, 2011Alison Fanagan, Head of Environmental & Planning and Noeleen McHenry, Solicitor, Environmental & Planning consider the legal implications of transferring services from councils to Irish water. Following the IMF-EU Programme and the Programme for Government 2011, the efficient, clean, and cost-effective delivery of water services is top of the agenda. Considerable investment is to be made over the next few years, to combat issues arising in water supply and treatment, such as leakages and poor water quality, and to facilitate the introduction of domestic water charges. Care will...[full story]
State Assets: Selling state assets: some key issues
Monday, November 7th, 2011It is probably fair to say that the Irish experience of selling State owned companies has not always been a happy one. From the sale of Greencore in 1991, through the sale of Eircom in 1999, right up to the most recent major sale, the listing of Aer Lingus in 2006, many of these transactions have attracted some degree of controversy. This is not surprising due to the policy and political issues inherent in any decision to sell State assets, coupled with the normal commercial tensions between a buyer and a seller. The political and economic backdrop to the current proposals for the sale...[full story]
