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AT THE recent AGM of the Irish Auctioneers and Valuers Institute (IAVI) in Dublin, the institute’s new president Kersten Mehl hit out at delays in establishing the National Property Services Regulatory Authority (NPSRA) and urged the Government to take fewer holidays.

Limerick-based Mehl says that Ireland and the IAVI stand “at a crossroads” and insists the institute, unlike the country, “is not in a mess. It is strong and vibrant and, importantly, has valuable assets and no borrowings. The manner in which the IAVI has been run is almost the antithesis of the way Ireland Inc has been run in recent times.”