This land is their land: Brutons' dormant housing site

A Sunday Business Post investigation has revealed that Fine Gael grandees Richard and John Bruton, and their sister Mary, are the owners of a sprawling Co Meath site that is zoned for housing, but is being used only for silage

The vacant Bruton housing site on the Maynooth Road, Dunboyne, opposite the Dunboyne Castle Hotel. Half of this land is zoned for housing, as is another full family field behind it DISTANCE FROM TOWN CENTRE: 650 metres

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar and his ministers are looking at increasing the vacant site levy in this week’s budget to tackle land hoarding. But an investigation by The Sunday Business Post has revealed that one cabinet member has a significant stake in a long-dormant housing site which could provide badly-needed accommodation.

The site belongs to Minister for Education Richard Bruton; his brother, former taoiseach John Bruton; and their sister, Mary. It is located in ...