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Supermacs boss ordered to refund annual rent and rates for Limerick premises
Galway Bay fm newsroom – Galway-based Supermac’s boss, Pat McDonagh has been ordered to reimburse 150 thousand euro to the tenants of one of his fast-food outlets.
According to today’s Irish Times, a court in Limerick this week found Pat McDonagh was in breach of a long-standing “oral tenancy agreement” with John and Mary Lyons over a Supermac’s premises at Ennis Road Limerick.
An annual rent of 132 thousand euro was agreed in March 1995.
It was also agreed at that time that Supermac’s would discharge rates of about 22 thousand euro to Limerick City Council.
However, the court heard that Pat McDonagh stopped paying the rates for the Ennis Road premises in 2009.
Counsel for John and Mary Lyons said this meant they had to pay the rates on top of the rent which totalled more than 150 thousand euro.
Their lawyer also said they are happy to pay rates going forward but were entitled to ‘recover’ losses after they had overpaid.
The couple’s valuer estimated the annual rent should be 86 thousand euro, despite Pat McDonagh’s valuer estimating it at 196 thousand euro.
Judge Terry O’ Sullivan ordered the rent to be reduced to 125 thousand euro.
The judge also order Pat McDonagh to reimburse the rates previously paid by John and Mary Lyons since 2009 by way of annual deductions to the next fixed rent.
Pat McDonagh of Supermacs must also refund 19 thousand euro paid by the Lyons since proceedings began in 2015, in light of the reduction in rent.
The death has occurred of the former Bishop of Galway, Kilmacduagh and Kilfenora Martin Drennan, six years after he announced his retirement on health grounds. He was aged 78.
The Galway Diocesan Office confirmed the death this (Saturday) afternoon of the Bishop and Apostolic Administrator Emeritus, who oversaw the Diocese for eleven years.
Born on January 2, 1944 in Piltown, County Kilkenny, he studied for the priesthood at Saint Patrick’s College, Maynooth, from where he was ordained to the priesthood in 1968. His brother Michael is also a priest.
Following his ordination, he continued his studies in Rome where he was awarded a Licentiate in both sacred theology and sacred scripture. He returned to Rome in 1980 to become spiritual director at the Pontifical Irish College for the next five years.
He became a lecturer in sacred scripture at Saint Patrick’s College, Maynooth, where he continued to teach until his appointment as Auxiliary Bishop of Dublin in 1997 with responsibility for East Wicklow and South Dublin.
Following the retirement of Bishop James McLoughlin, Bishop Drennan was appointed Bishop of Galway and Kilmacduagh and Apostolic Administrator of Kilfenora and he was installed on July 3, 2005 in Galway Cathedral.
Outgoing Cllr Terry O’Flaherty (Ind) is on course to retain her City Council seat – and top the poll in City East.
With 33% of the boxes tallied, Cllr O’Flaherty is polling strongly, particularly in Renmore.
Michael John Crowe is ahead of his running mate Alan Cheevers for the Fianna Fáil vote, according to the early figures, although that could change when Doughiska and Roscam boxes are opened.
The Green Party’s Claire Hillery is on about 7%, with Fine Gael on 10% and Sinn Fein on 5%.
The opening of boxes for the local elections began at 9am this morning in Leisureland when the tallymen (and women) kicked into gear.
As regards the Galway County Council elections, the smaller areas are being opened first which means that the four-seater Connemara North boxes will be first in the pecking order.
It will be followed by Gort-Kinvara (5 seats), Connemara South (5 seats), Athenry-Oranmore (7 seats), Ballinasloe (6 seats), Loughrea (5 seats) and finally Tuam (7 seats).
The boxes in these areas will be opened and tallied in that particular order before being transferred to the Galway Lawn Tennis Club on Threadneedle Road where the counting will commence around mid-morning.
That is when the fun will really begin – although the tallies should give a good indication as to where most of the seats are destined.
As regards the city, the Galway City East boxes were opened first, followed by Galway City Central and finally Galway City West. These votes will be transferred to the Westside Centre by around 11am for counting.
There are 39 seats on Galway County Council to be filled with 18 on Galway City Council. The City Council count is expected to conclude on Saturday night but the County Council count – with seven electoral areas to be filled – could well go into Monday.
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