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A MOTHER-of-four has been jailed for two months for stealing a bottle of wine from a supermarket.
Rita Cox (39) made no attempt to disguise herself and was easily identified on security footage, a court heard.
Cox, of no fixed address, pleaded guilty to stealing a €15 bottle of wine from Spar, Grand Canal Street Lower.
Dublin District Court heard the theft was reported last May 21.
A garda told Judge Brian O Shea that Cox took the bottle at 8pm and passed all points of payment. She was seen on CCTV and charged.
The accused had previous convictions for theft and other offences.
Making It Work: Online ordering firm serves up modernised restaurant systems Unify Ordering has signed up 1,500 hospitality businesses to its wholesale ordering platform, and is ready to scale as soon as the sector reopens 29th January, 2021
Barry McNerney, chief executive and co-founder of Unify Ordering: ‘The market is open to disruption. We’re ready now to tap into that opportunity.’ Picture: Fergal Phillips
Unify Ordering, the Dublin start-up behind a wholesale ordering system for cafés and restaurants, is planning to ramp up sales in 2021 following its first funding round.
The company has raised €1 million from Elkstone Partners, the Dublin-based wealth manager, and Enterprise Ireland, the state agency.
The residential market in Dublin 2 is currently being buoyed by overseas tech executives.
They were attracted to Ireland four or five years ago by work, but now, after meeting a partner or having children, they are ready to call Dublin home.
The buyers are usually aged between 30-50 and have been paying big rents, so they are happy to take on a mortgage, which is often cheaper, according to estate agent Owen Reilly.
Within this new group of buyers, there is an interest in period homes within the city limits.
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“A lot of these houses are in need of complete renovation, but there are buyers there who like the idea of taking on a project like this. Number 16 Grattan Street went sale agreed last month to a couple who both work in tech and aren’t Irish, with young children,” says Reilly.
That sent a chill through the Irish commercial property sector and to the dozens of shops, bars, cafes and other businesses that have sprung up around the Grand Canal and Barrow Street hub.
The new expansion plans, understood to be close to the point of seeking planning permission and indication that the US firm’s longer term plans will involve a significant number of office based staff, at least a significant amount of the time.
The Treasury Building is minutes walk from Google’s main campus and was home for decades to the National Treasury Management Agency (NTMA) and later Nama. It is build on what was the former Bolands Mill where Eamonn DeValera lead a garrison in 1916.