{"id":586491,"date":"2026-07-15T06:51:14","date_gmt":"2026-07-15T06:51:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/586491\/"},"modified":"2026-07-15T06:51:14","modified_gmt":"2026-07-15T06:51:14","slug":"hses-e40m-land-deal-and-tax-inheritance-rules-for-child-free-couples-the-irish-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/586491\/","title":{"rendered":"HSE\u2019s \u20ac40m land deal, and tax inheritance rules for child-free couples \u2013 The Irish Times"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall b-it-article-body__text--left\">UK digital banking group <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/business\/2026\/07\/15\/monzo-europe-racks-up-29m-of-set-up-losses-ahead-of-irish-launch-in-april\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/business\/2026\/07\/15\/monzo-europe-racks-up-29m-of-set-up-losses-ahead-of-irish-launch-in-april\/\"><b>Monzo\u2019s European hub<\/b><\/a> in Dublin racked up almost \u20ac29 million of losses in a little over a year and a half before officially launching in the Republic in April with a range of current and savings accounts. Joe Brennan has the details. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall b-it-article-body__text--left\">The Health Service Executive is understood to be closing in on the purchase for about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/property\/commercial-property\/2026\/07\/15\/hse-closing-in-on-40m-purchase-of-dublin-4-lands\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/property\/commercial-property\/2026\/07\/15\/hse-closing-in-on-40m-purchase-of-dublin-4-lands\/\"><b>\u20ac40 million of some land<\/b><\/a> beside St Vincent\u2019s hospital in Dublin 4.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall b-it-article-body__text--left\">In our Money Matters feature, Joanne Hunt examines how the rules around tax inheritance are less favourable for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/your-money\/2026\/07\/15\/no-kids-no-tax-breaks-child-free-challenge-the-inheritance-tax-rules\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/your-money\/2026\/07\/15\/no-kids-no-tax-breaks-child-free-challenge-the-inheritance-tax-rules\/\"><b>child-free couples<\/b><\/a>. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall b-it-article-body__text--left\">Jack Chambers wants civil servants to take risks but will politicians take responsibility for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/business\/2026\/07\/15\/jack-chambers-wants-civil-servants-to-take-risks-but-who-will-take-responsibility\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/business\/2026\/07\/15\/jack-chambers-wants-civil-servants-to-take-risks-but-who-will-take-responsibility\/\"><b>failure of big ticket projects<\/b><\/a>? asks our columnist John McManus. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall b-it-article-body__text--left\">Private investors and family offices are expected to be among the parties to run the rule over the sale of two <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/property\/commercial-property\/2026\/07\/15\/prime-pair-of-retail-investments-off-grafton-street-for-6m\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/property\/commercial-property\/2026\/07\/15\/prime-pair-of-retail-investments-off-grafton-street-for-6m\/\"><b>fully let investment properties<\/b><\/a> just off Grafton Street in Dublin\u2019s south city centre. They have a combined price tag of \u20ac6 million, writes Ronald Quinlan. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall b-it-article-body__text--left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/business\/2026\/07\/15\/us-iran-war-adds-23-a-month-to-bills-for-home-heating-oil\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/business\/2026\/07\/15\/us-iran-war-adds-23-a-month-to-bills-for-home-heating-oil\/\"><b>Home heating oil costs<\/b><\/a> are up more than \u20ac23 a-month since the outbreak of the US-Iran war, according to an industry body seeking tax cuts it says could aid families this winter. Barry O\u2019Halloran reports. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall b-it-article-body__text--left\">Trinity College Dublin (TCD) has launched a new project to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/business\/2026\/07\/15\/tcd-launches-eu-wide-project-aimed-at-boosting-public-confidence-in-drone-services\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/business\/2026\/07\/15\/tcd-launches-eu-wide-project-aimed-at-boosting-public-confidence-in-drone-services\/\"><b>boost public confidence in drones<\/b><\/a> as urban air mobility (UAM) devices as part of a wider EU-led initiative. Conor Healy has the details. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall b-it-article-body__text--left\">AI is more likely to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/property\/commercial-property\/2026\/07\/15\/why-ai-is-more-likely-to-fill-offices-than-empty-them\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/property\/commercial-property\/2026\/07\/15\/why-ai-is-more-likely-to-fill-offices-than-empty-them\/\"><b>fill offices than empty them<\/b><\/a>, writes Neill McNicholas, head of tenant representation at Savills, in an opinion piece from our commercial property coverage. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">If you\u2019d like to read more about the issues that affect your finances try signing up to <a href=\"https:\/\/theirishtimes.lt.emlnk1.com\/Prod\/link-tracker?redirectUrl=aHR0cHMlM0ElMkYlMkZ3d3cuaXJpc2h0aW1lcy5jb20lMkZuZXdzbGV0dGVycyUzRnV0bV9zb3VyY2UlM0ROZXdzbGV0dGVyJTI2dXRtX21lZGl1bSUzRGVtYWlsJTI2dXRtX2NvbnRlbnQlM0RSU1MlMjUzQUlURU0lMjUzQVRJVExFJTI2dXRtX2NhbXBhaWduJTNEYnVzaW5lc3NfdG9kYXlfZGlnZXN0&amp;sig=4kSj6MVtJhDySXD8zno7jMoXwZGc1dpLM3xhR9Fc9b5k&amp;iat=1673852841&amp;a=%7C%7C89275494%7C%7C&amp;account=theirishtimes%2Eactivehosted%2Ecom&amp;email=Dc0R66saiYNu2sbROXCOD2QOP8ZXmRzMvz3Yw%2BcA7gI%3D&amp;s=0d5371d23ecde798f8f0f88cc635413b&amp;i=21237A21683A12A963031\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">On the Money<\/a>, the weekly newsletter from our personal finance team, which will be issued every Friday to Irish Times subscribers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"UK digital banking group Monzo\u2019s European hub in Dublin racked up almost \u20ac29 million of losses in a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":211108,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[177],"tags":[79,959,186694,18,60,19,6500,17,26736,23985,234,235,63,80],"class_list":["post-586491","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-personal-finance","tag-business","tag-business-today","tag-drone-delivery","tag-eire","tag-hse","tag-ie","tag-inheritance-tax","tag-ireland","tag-jack-chambers","tag-monzo","tag-personal-finance","tag-personalfinance","tag-trinity-college-dublin-tcd","tag-work"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/586491","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=586491"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/586491\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/211108"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=586491"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=586491"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=586491"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}