homes & businesses WICKLOW WE DELIVER!- for 30 years NORTH EDITION to 44,500 Delivered LOCAL AUTISM-FRIENDLY TOWNS FOOTBALL MANAGER JURASSIC POWERSCOURT page 4 page 14 page 15 TimesNORTH EDITION DELIVERED TO HOMES & BUSINESSES IN: SHANKILL, ENNISKERRY, BRAY, GREYSTONES, DELGANY, KILCOOLE, NEWCASTLE, KILQUADE, ASHFORD, KILPEDDER, NEWTOWNMOUNTKENNEDY, KILMACANOGUE, LARAGH, MONEYSTOWN, ROUNDWOOD. Tuesday 1st October 2019 5 Eglinton Road, Bray, Co. Wicklow Tel: 01 - 2869111 www.wicklowtimes.net E-mail:
[email protected] 10% HIKE IN PROPERTY TAX WICKLOW PROPERTY TAX NOW 29% MORE THAN DUBLIN The decision to increase Local Property Tax in County Wicklow by 10% next year, following a vote taken by councillors last Monday, has been described as a ‘betrayal’ by Independent councillor Joe Behan. “Homeowners across Councillors voted 21 to by 10%. Wicklow’s tax County Wicklow have 8 in favour of increasing on the family home is been utterly betrayed by the LPT when the propos- now 29% dearer than the Green Party, Social al was put forward by Cllr these counties and with Democrats, Labour, Shay Cullen (FG) and sec- house prices in north Fianna Fail and Fine Gael. onded by Cathaoirleach Wicklow some of the The decision to raise the Irene Winters (FG). A highest in the country, we family home tax by 10% motion proposed by Cllr are now paying the high- has caused John Snell to keep it at the est Household tax. In outrage among homeown- base rate was defeated. Dublin a house valued at ers who are struggling This is in stark contrast between €400K and daily to make ends meet.