Dublin city centre plan will see cars give way to pedestriansDUBLIN CITY centre will be predominantly for pedestrians, cyclists and those using public transport, with through-traffic discouraged…Wed Jan 04 2012 - 00:00
Kilkee cliff walk a mess after works, says mayorA PROGRAMME of “improvements” to the cliff walk in Kilkee, Co Clare, carried out at a cost of €50,000, has been described as …Fri Dec 30 2011 - 00:00
NI planning system serves people 'poorly' or 'very poorly'THE PLANNING system in Northern Ireland serves the people “poorly” or “very poorly”, according to four-fifths of respondents …Thu Dec 29 2011 - 00:00
Battery appeal to aid children's hospiceALL WASTE batteries recycled before the end of this year – estimated at up to 4Wed Dec 28 2011 - 00:00
Hospital board seeks tenders ahead of planning approvalTENDERS ARE being sought for a “design and build” contract for the controversial children’s hospital on the Mater site in Dublin…Tue Dec 27 2011 - 00:00
Plans for taller Liberty HallIN REVISED plans for Liberty Hall that Siptu has submitted to Dublin City Council, the building would be replaced by a slightly…Sat Dec 24 2011 - 00:00
Talking up Irish design in the Windy CityCHICAGO HAD to feature in the Irish Architecture Now US tour – and not just because its most notorious hole in the ground was…Mon Dec 19 2011 - 00:00
Minister sets goals for Bill on climate changeA COMMITMENT by Minister for the Environment Phil Hogan that the heads of a Climate Change Bill would be introduced before the…Sat Dec 17 2011 - 00:00
Dublin cycling officer loses job after funding cutIRELAND’S ONLY local authority cycling officer is to lose his job before Christmas, after Dublin City Council was instructed …Sat Dec 17 2011 - 00:00
Fracking found to be worse than coal or gas emissionsUPDATED RESEARCH at Cornell University in New York has found that methane emissions from hydraulic fracturing (fracking) of shale…Thu Dec 15 2011 - 00:00
Proposed Anglo HQ could house Central Bank in move that would be rich in ironySkeletal hulk on Dublin’s quays could be finished to accommodate bank’s growing number of staffWed Dec 14 2011 - 00:00
Canada criticised for pulling out of KyotoCANADA’S DECISION to pull out of the Kyoto protocol on climate change right after the UN conference in Durban, and becoming the…Wed Dec 14 2011 - 00:00
Central Bank likely purchaser of Anglo HQ shell on quaysTHE CENTRAL Bank has emerged as the most likely purchaser of the concrete shell of Anglo Irish Bank’s unfinished headquarters…Wed Dec 14 2011 - 00:00
Big players hold out against binding deals on carbon footprintsDURBAN LETTER : Despite figures showing greenhouse gases had reached an all-time high, the US repeatedly blocked progress on…Mon Dec 12 2011 - 00:00
US never going to agree binding deal on emissionsMost heavyweight emitters of C02 could “agree to a roadmap leading nowhere, but not a roadmap leading to a legally-binding deal…Mon Dec 12 2011 - 00:00
Conference backs 'fragile' deal on climate changeTHE UN climate change conference finally concluded as dawn broke over Durban yesterday with a deal – hailed by some as a historic…Mon Dec 12 2011 - 00:00
Climate talks reveal deep gulf between nationsTHE EU’s roadmap for negotiations to “begin immediately” – with a view to concluding an international agreement on how to curb…Sat Dec 10 2011 - 00:00
Protecting forests: Stronger safeguards soughtWITHOUT MUCH stronger safeguards, the deal on the table here to protect forests – the world’s most important carbon sinks – will…Fri Dec 09 2011 - 00:00
Delegates struggle for agreement as climate talks closeDURBAN 2011: MINISTERS AND delegates representing almost every country in the world were last night struggling to overcome obstacles…Fri Dec 09 2011 - 00:00
Denier taunts forum via video linkTHE MOST outspoken climate-change denier in the US Congress, Oklahoma Republican senator James Inhofe, has said he was sorry …Thu Dec 08 2011 - 00:00
EU offers renewal of Kyoto protocolDURBAN 2011: EUROPE HAS formally tabled an offer to renew the Kyoto Protocol on Climate Change – due to expire next year – as…Thu Dec 08 2011 - 00:00
EU pressurised to join 'coalition of responsible' in climate change fightDURBAN 2011: DEEP DIVISIONS over how to curb climate change were laid bare here yesterday as the EU came under pressure to join…Wed Dec 07 2011 - 00:00
Recession helps clean up Ireland's actTHE FINANCIAL crisis has boosted Ireland’s ranking to 17th place among the 58 countries featured in the annual Climate Change…Wed Dec 07 2011 - 00:00
Carbon-free aviation fuels achievable, says BransonTHE AIRLINE industry “could go from one of the dirtiest to one of the cleanest in 10 years” by switching over to sustainable, …Tue Dec 06 2011 - 00:00
China ready for legally binding climate dealDURBAN 2011: CHINA HAS raised the stakes in the game of “climate poker” being played here by yesterday affirming publicly and…Tue Dec 06 2011 - 00:00
New deal on Kyoto successor more likelyAS MINISTERS began arriving in Durban yesterday for the final week of the UN Climate Change Conference, an upbeat mood replaced…Mon Dec 05 2011 - 00:00
Surveys find Himalayan glaciers meltingFINDINGS FROM the most comprehensive assessment to date on climate change in the Himalayas have highlighted the region’s “extreme…Mon Dec 05 2011 - 00:00
Still not too late to stop Mater hospital madnessHEALTH CUTS “hurt the old, the sick and the handicapped”, said the infamous Fianna Fáil slogan in 1987Mon Dec 05 2011 - 00:00
Ireland travels to talks almost empty-handedUN CLIMATE chief Christiana Figueres has welcomed the fact that more than 18 countries – almost all of them major emitters of…Thu Dec 01 2011 - 00:00
Key question is whether US and China are willing to accept reduction targetsDESPITE DIRE warnings from the International Energy Agency and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development that…Wed Nov 30 2011 - 00:00
There is still time to avoid being locked into a high-carbon energy system - but not muchTHE WORLD is losing the battle against climate changeTue Nov 29 2011 - 00:00
Minister casts doubt on plan to demolish protected shopsPLANS TO demolish a pair of historical buildings in Ennistymon, Co Clare, to make room for a roundabout on the road to Lahinch…Tue Nov 29 2011 - 00:00
Deadly storms mark start of climate conferenceSOUTH AFRICAN president Jacob Zuma opened the UN climate conference in Durban yesterday hours after the city was hit by flash…Tue Nov 29 2011 - 00:00
Ever-worsening weather events lead to inescapable verdict on climate changeDURBAN 2011: AFTER ANOTHER year of extreme weather events, including October’s flooding in the Dublin area, the UN’s Intergovernmental…Mon Nov 28 2011 - 00:00
Global powers must lead way in new climate deal, says EUEUROPE WOULD only be prepared to agree to renew the Kyoto Protocol on Climate Change if the US, China and other major economies…Mon Nov 28 2011 - 00:00
OECD warns of catastrophic climate changeUNLESS DECISIVE action is taken by governments, global greenhouse emissions are set to double over the next 40 years, resulting…Fri Nov 25 2011 - 00:00
Seven Irish plants among 'most damaging' in Europe, says agencyTHE ESB’s coal-fired power station at Moneypoint, Co Clare, is one of the 662 “most damaging industrial plants across Europe”, …Fri Nov 25 2011 - 00:00
Ballymore Bratislava scheme scoops retail awardEUROVEA, THE mixed-use centre in Bratislava developed by Ballymore Properties, has scooped this year’s “Best Retail Development…Thu Nov 24 2011 - 00:00
Nama to look at vertical park plan for Anglo quay siteNAMA HAS invited the promoters of a “vertical park” for the concrete skeleton on North Wall Quay in Dublin, once mooted as headquarters…Mon Nov 14 2011 - 00:00
An Irishman's DiaryWALKING ALL over the new Opera House in Oslo has become one of the city’s favourite pastimes, even at this time of year when …Sat Nov 12 2011 - 00:00
Paragraph dropped from review on hospital locationTHE FINAL report of a review of controversial plans for the Children’s Hospital of Ireland – commissioned last May by Minister…Thu Nov 10 2011 - 00:00
Transport emissions fall 10% due to downturnTHE RECESSION has had a positive impact on Ireland’s transport emissions, with a fall of 10Thu Nov 10 2011 - 00:00
Transport emissions fall by 10%The recession has taken its toll on Ireland’s transport emissions, with a fall of 10Wed Nov 09 2011 - 00:00
Irish architects ride out the stormWith a radically reduced number of projects at home, Irish architects are struggling to make ends meet, but by making waves abroad…Mon Nov 07 2011 - 00:00
Ireland in top 10 on human development indexIRELAND HAS been ranked by the United Nations as the seventh most developed country in the world despite the economic downturn…Thu Nov 03 2011 - 00:00
Dublin Port to defer plans to infill 50 acresDUBLIN PORT has decided to defer its controversial plans to infill 50 acres of the inner bay for at least 10 years and make better…Wed Nov 02 2011 - 00:00
Planned Wexford carriageway shelvedTHE CONTROVERSIAL dual carriageway planned for south county Wexford, running from Oilgate to Rosslare, has been shelved by Minister…Tue Nov 01 2011 - 00:00
Overseer of our cultural inheritanceThe veteran conservationist Kevin B Nowlan, who will be 90 on Wednesday, is still working tirelessly on ‘saving what’s important…Sat Oct 29 2011 - 01:00
Toronto bans sale of shark finsTORONTO CITY council has voted overwhelmingly to ban the sale or possession of shark fins, in the teeth of strong opposition …Fri Oct 28 2011 - 01:00
'Once-in-a-century' events have become distressingly familiarANALYSIS: OUR CONCEPT of “once-in-a-century” storms needs to be redefined following the latest flash floods in Dublin and the…Wed Oct 26 2011 - 01:00
