Real support needed for energy switch - expertGovernments will need to back their rhetoric on renewable energy and cutting greenhouse gas emissions at last Friday's EU summit…Mon Mar 12 2007 - 00:00
Council drops Headfort area changeMeath County Council has upheld the Architectural Conservation Area (ACA) designation of 299 hectares (718 acres) of land around…Thu Mar 08 2007 - 00:00
Architect objects to energy standard for new homesA dispute has broken out in the Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland (RIAI) about an objection made by its director, …Fri Mar 02 2007 - 00:00
Agency decisions signal end to 'shameful illegal dumping'Decisions made by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) last year requiring the removal of all polluting material from two…Tue Feb 27 2007 - 00:00
Irish transport emissions up 140% since 1990The huge increase in greenhouse gas emissions from Ireland's transport sector since 1990 is nearly six times higher than the …Tue Feb 27 2007 - 00:00
Plan to cut landmark house's protection zoneThe landscape protection zone around internationally important Headfort House, outside Kells, Co Meath, will be substantially…Tue Feb 27 2007 - 00:00
Council told to 'de-zone' landThe Department of the Environment has called on Meath County Council to "de-zone" land already designated for development in …Mon Feb 26 2007 - 00:00
Docklands body denies U2 Tower design 'binned'The Dublin Docklands Development Authority (DDDA) has denied that designs for the proposed U2 Tower, intended as an architectural…Sat Feb 24 2007 - 00:00
Board defers verdict on Lansdowne projectAn Bord Pleanála has deferred its decision on the plan to redevelop Lansdowne Road as a 50,000-seater stadium until March 22nd…Fri Feb 23 2007 - 00:00
Glasgow firm wins Wexford council competitionA young Glasgow-based architectural practice has won an international competition to design Wexford County Council's new headquarters…Wed Feb 21 2007 - 00:00
OPW gets green light for Trim headquartersFull planning permission has been granted to the Office of Public Works (OPW) for a new decentralised headquarters building on…Thu Feb 15 2007 - 00:00
Mapping Dublin's favourite lovers' lanesUrban Casanovas know it's on their doorstep, but where? That's the question being posed in a quest to discover "those special…Wed Feb 14 2007 - 00:00
Boy's plea to Taoiseach to save treesA six-year-old boy in Moynalty, Co Meath, has appealed to Taoiseach Bertie Ahern for his help in saving an avenue of oak and …Wed Feb 14 2007 - 00:00
Report urges voters concerned by urban sprawl to consider choicesVoters in the forthcoming general election should carefully consider their political choices if they favour more balanced regional…Wed Feb 14 2007 - 00:00
Latest figures confirm trend in glacier lossCLIMATE CHANGE: Mountain glaciers around the world continue to melt, with new figures for 2005 indicating a further reduction…Tue Jan 30 2007 - 00:00
Archaeologists to monitor Tara routeThe National Museum of Ireland has received a firm assurance that further work involving soil disturbance along the route of …Thu Jan 25 2007 - 00:00
No Irish architects on UCD listFive firms of architects - all from abroad - have been shortlisted in an international competition to design a landmark scheme…Tue Jan 23 2007 - 00:00
Mater site advisers must consult CrumlinThe British consultants preparing a framework for the development of a national children's hospital on the Mater site in Dublin…Fri Jan 19 2007 - 00:00
Developer joins U2 stars in €150m Clarence projectDublin's Clarence Hotel, owned by U2's Bono and the Edge, in partnership with property developer Paddy McKillen, is to be redeveloped…Tue Jan 16 2007 - 00:00
Roads agency denies damage to Tara siteThe National Roads Authority (NRA) has denied that directions by Minister for the Environment Dick Roche to protect archaeology…Tue Jan 16 2007 - 00:00
DAA must give more details on runwayThe Dublin Airport Authority has been told by An Bord Pleanála that it must submit further details on its controversial plan …Thu Jan 11 2007 - 00:00
Family-friendly apartment norms publishedGuidelines aimed at ensuring that the design and layout of new apartments will provide better living spaces for a variety of …Wed Jan 10 2007 - 00:00
Call for an end to clearing of trees near TaraThe Save Tara campaign has urged Opposition TDs to call a halt to the "premature clearing" of trees in the Gabhra Valley, east…Sat Jan 06 2007 - 00:00
MEPs try to curb plan to promote GM cropsIrish MEPs have joined colleagues in tabling 190 amendments to a draft European Parliament resolution on biotechnology that would…Fri Jan 05 2007 - 00:00
Council defends lights for LuasDublin City Council has been accused by Green Party transport spokesman Éamon Ryan of "living in the dark ages" in its management…Thu Jan 04 2007 - 00:00
Save Tara campaign criticises felling of treesThe Save Tara campaign is planning to protest against preparatory tree-felling along the route of the M3 motorway in Co Meath…Wed Jan 03 2007 - 00:00
Private funds to back Luas extensionProperty developers and landowners will fund half the estimated cost of €300 million to extend the Luas Green Line from Sandyford…Wed Jan 03 2007 - 00:00
Ballinode church clock rings in new year after a 20-year silenceThe Church of Ireland parish church in Ballinode, Co Monaghan, rang in the new year with its clock in the tower newly restored…Tue Jan 02 2007 - 00:00
NRA hearing into draft tolling scheme for M3The National Roads Authority (NRA) is to hold an oral hearing next month on its draft tolling scheme for the proposed M3 motorway…Thu Dec 28 2006 - 00:00
Roche ordersnew excavation at Viking siteMinister for the Environment Dick Roche has commissioned consultant archaeologists to carry out "targeted excavation" of the …Thu Dec 28 2006 - 00:00
Minister approves extension of Luas through north docklandsPlans by the Railway Procurement Agency (RPA) to extend the Tallaght Luas line through Dublin's north docklands from Connolly…Fri Dec 22 2006 - 00:00
Airlines face new EU limit on gas emissionEU: Greenhouse gas emissions from air transport, which are increasing faster than any other sector, are to be brought into the…Thu Dec 21 2006 - 00:00
RPA plan would see trams using O'Connell StreetThe saga of linking up Dublin's two Luas light rail lines has taken a new turn with the Railway Procurement Agency (RPA) unveiling…Thu Dec 21 2006 - 00:00
Ski resorts face uncertain future over global warming, says reportTHE ALPS: Climate change poses serious risks to the snow reliability of Alpine ski areas and the regional economies that depend…Thu Dec 14 2006 - 00:00
Upgrade work will not close M50 - councilSouth Dublin County Council has "no intention" of closing down the M50 motorway during its €1 billion upgrade, now under way, …Thu Dec 14 2006 - 00:00
77 roadside trees in Dublin get reprieveResidents of Bayside and Sutton Park in north Dublin have won a reprieve for more than 70 mature roadside trees on their housing…Wed Dec 13 2006 - 00:00
Permission for Cork bio-diesel plant refusedAn Bord Pleanála has unanimously refused planning permission for the construction of a bio-diesel plant in Co Cork because it…Tue Dec 12 2006 - 00:00
Heritage group opposes plan for Ulster MuseumPlans for a major renovation of the Ulster Museum to transform it into a "world-class venue for the 21st century" would have …Mon Dec 11 2006 - 00:00
City council to compel developer to rebuild conventDublin City Council is to require a property developer to rebuild the former Presentation Convent in Terenure following its illegal…Wed Dec 06 2006 - 00:00
Heritage groups oppose church alterationThree Belfast-based conservation organisations have joined together to oppose a major office and residential development which…Wed Dec 06 2006 - 00:00
Fingal council's plan to cut trees opposedResidents of Bayside and Sutton Park in north Dublin are fighting a rearguard action to prevent Fingal County Council's parks…Tue Dec 05 2006 - 00:00
Call for plan on village developmentThe proliferation of developer-led suburban housing on the edges of towns and villages throughout Ireland is "unsustainable […Fri Dec 01 2006 - 00:00
Minister gives €500,000 to help restore cathedralSubstantial funding will be required "for many years to come" to carry out repairs to the fabric of St Patrick's Cathedral in…Wed Nov 29 2006 - 00:00
An Irishman's DiaryThe noisiest creatures at the Climate Summit in Nairobi last week were not shrill environmentalists demanding urgent action to…Sat Nov 25 2006 - 00:00
Report highlights environmental impact of urbanisationEU: EU funding for major road schemes has been one of the driving factors of urban sprawl in Europe, which consumed 1Fri Nov 24 2006 - 00:00
Climate summit to end with agreement for AfricaKENYA: The UN Climate Change Summit is likely to end this evening with agreement on measures to help African and other least…Fri Nov 17 2006 - 00:00
Energy for Africa: progress by small stepsKENYA: The Government is to invest €200,000 in sub-Saharan African projects designed to help some of its poorest people gain…Fri Nov 17 2006 - 00:00
Ireland keen to move on to deeper emission cutsKENYA: Ireland is prepared to "move on quickly to the next step" of negotiating deeper cuts in greenhouse gas emissions after…Thu Nov 16 2006 - 00:00
'Car-dominated' Dublin loses out on awardDublin and London have been beaten by Edinburgh for the Academy of Urbanism's title of European City of the YearSat Nov 11 2006 - 00:00
Tara protest march to be heldon SaturdayA protest march on Saturday against the planned route of the M3 motorway - billed as a "last call to save Tara" - is taking place…Thu Nov 02 2006 - 00:00
