Loss-making freight routes likely to closeAn estimated 146,000 truck trips will be added annually to Irish roads if the board of CIÉ today confirms Iarnród Éireann's decision…Wed Nov 06 2002 - 00:00
Plan to chop and change O'Connell StreetDublin City Council has defended the felling of mature London Plane trees in O'Connell Street on the basis that they would be…Wed Nov 06 2002 - 00:00
UN climate change summit backs measures to help poor countriesUN: The UN's latest climate change summit ended in New Delhi at the weekend with a ministerial declaration calling for early…Mon Nov 04 2002 - 00:00
€ 70bn bill for world's weather disastersNatural disasters throughout the world this year, most of them weather-related, are set to cost over €70 billion, according to…Wed Oct 30 2002 - 00:00
Sell-off of properties and sites to raise funds for StateThe Government is preparing to offload surplus buildings and sites, following the completion of a comprehensive audit of State…Thu Oct 24 2002 - 01:00
MOX plant not a health risk, Britain tells hearingIreland was accused in The Hague yesterday of making claims about the controversial MOX (mixed oxide) plant at Sellafield which…Wed Oct 23 2002 - 01:00
Website offers tour of Dublin's renewalVirtual tours of all the major urban renewal areas in Dublin, accompanied by detailed maps and colour photographs, are now being…Wed Oct 23 2002 - 01:00
State presents case against MOX plantThe "cataclysmic consequences" for Ireland of a serious accident at Sellafield, or on ships transporting nuclear fuel to and …Tue Oct 22 2002 - 01:00
Members of Heritage Council resign in protestThree members of the State-appointed Heritage Council have resigned after sharp differences with its chairman, Dr Tom O'Dwyer…Sat Oct 19 2002 - 01:00
Ban on smoky coal saves 350 lives a yearMore than 350 lives are saved every year in Dublin due to the improvement in air quality since the imposition of a ban in 1990…Fri Oct 18 2002 - 01:00
Irish case seen as a 'defining moment' for SellafieldIreland's "ground-breaking" case against Britain before a tribunal in The Hague next week will put Sellafield on the international…Thu Oct 17 2002 - 01:00
Protests at council planning rulingSouth Dublin County Council last night cleared the way for a major leisure scheme on the outskirts of Tallaght for a developer…Tue Oct 15 2002 - 01:00
Limerick/Shannon and Cork targeted for major growthCork and Limerick/Shannon are to become major growth centres over the next 20 years under the forthcoming National Spatial Strategy…Mon Oct 14 2002 - 01:00
Warning on wind energy shortfallThe Irish wind energy industry was "grinding to a halt" because the Government's focus was "big on developing policy and targets…Fri Oct 11 2002 - 01:00
Planning guidelines changed for Liffey ValleyRetail planning guidelines for the Greater Dublin Area were changed last year at the behest of senior officials of South Dublin…Thu Oct 10 2002 - 01:00
Revised airport plan faces oppositionFingal County Council has approved Aer Rianta's plans for a substantially revised version of Pier D at Dublin Airport, designed…Thu Oct 10 2002 - 01:00
An Taisce to take Leitrim plan to EUAn Taisce has been attacked by politicians in Co Leitrim for suggesting that it would seek a judicial review of An Bord Pleanála…Wed Oct 09 2002 - 01:00
London architects win prize for Waterford scheme designLondon-based architects IDOM UK are the winners of a major international competition to provide a "development vision" for the…Tue Oct 08 2002 - 01:00
On-street recycling unit scheme launched in Dublin cityRepak, the industry-funded waste packaging compliance scheme, and Dublin City Council have launched Ireland's first on-street…Wed Oct 02 2002 - 01:00
Cullen in plea for bribery evidenceThe Minister for the Environment, Mr Cullen, has urged anyone with information on bribery or corruption in the planning process…Wed Oct 02 2002 - 01:00
Cullen expects EU to withdraw landfill actionThe Minister for the Environment, Mr Cullen, expects an EU case against Ireland for its alleged failure to implement the 1999…Wed Oct 02 2002 - 01:00
Temple Bar glass recycling a successImproved waste management by the "hospitality sector" in Dublin's Temple Bar area has cut waste going to landfill from hotels…Wed Oct 02 2002 - 01:00
Council says M50 planners adhered to reportDun Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council and the National Roads Authority have insisted a 1983 archaeological report on Carrickmines…Thu Sept 26 2002 - 01:00
Tanaiste urged to back docks museumThe Tánaiste, Ms Harney, has been urged to intervene with the Dublin Docklands Development Authority (DDDA) to secure an interactive…Thu Sept 26 2002 - 01:00
Flatley's plans for new steps is refusedThe one-time Riverdance star, Michael Flatley, has been refused planning permission to install a sweeping flight of steps at …Wed Sept 25 2002 - 01:00
An Irishman's DiaryIsn't Murphy's Law an awesome thing when it really gets a grip? I experienced the full force of it while covering the Earth Summit…Mon Sept 23 2002 - 01:00
EU the 'driving force' for progress on the environmentIreland would not have achieved even a tenth of the progress it has made on environmental protection were it not for the "driving…Mon Sept 23 2002 - 01:00
Planning corruption in Donegal deniedThe Donegal county manager, Mr Michael McLoone, has strongly denied allegations that any "golden circle of corruption" operates…Fri Sept 13 2002 - 01:00
O Cuiv addresses forum on rural housingThe Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs, Mr Ó Cuív, has claimed the mantle of Martin Luther King in upholding…Fri Sept 13 2002 - 01:00
Minister defends fluoridation of public water as 'safe' health policyThe Minister for Health, Mr Martin, has defended the fluoridation of public water supplies in the State as a "safe and effective…Wed Sept 11 2002 - 01:00
US isolated as it fails to endorse summit targetsEARTH SUMMIT: The United States again found itself isolated at the closing session of a major UN summit yesterday when its delegation…Thu Sept 05 2002 - 01:00
Powell stunned at abuse heaped on him by both delegates and observersSimmering anger over the negative role played by the US at the Earth summit boiled over yesterday when the US Secretary of State…Thu Sept 05 2002 - 01:00
An 'unholy alliance' blocking progress - RobinsonTen days before leaving office as UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Mrs Mary Robinson has said there is an "unholy alliance…Tue Sept 03 2002 - 01:00
Unpopular compromises may produce deal at Earth summitMarathon talks over the weekend look likely to produce a deal at the World Summit for Sustainable Development this week, even…Mon Sept 02 2002 - 01:00
Police show of strength to contain march by 15,000The "new" South Africa took a real nosedive at the weekend when its security forces staged a massive show of strength to contain…Mon Sept 02 2002 - 01:00
Ministers consider an end to subsidiesControversial proposals to firm up a commitment to begin phasing out agricultural subsidies in Europe were being discussed here…Sat Aug 31 2002 - 01:00
Hunger will claim many thousands moreTens of thousands of people in southern Africa are likely to die from starvation over the coming months before there will be …Thu Aug 29 2002 - 01:00
Global wealth gap unsustainable - MbekiSouth Africa's President, Mr Thabo Mbeki, officially opened the second Earth Summit here yesterday with a ringing declaration…Tue Aug 27 2002 - 01:00
Globalisation issues persist despite pre-summit optimismSOUTH AFRICA: The World Summit on Sustainable Development, which opens today, may reach agreement on all of the key issues by…Mon Aug 26 2002 - 01:00
UN believe Earth summit will yield positive outcomeThe World Summit on Sustainable Development opens here today with a positive spin being put on two days of informal preparatory…Mon Aug 26 2002 - 01:00
The revenge of the Old IrishMany books have been written about country houses in Ireland, lost or otherwise, but few are quite as witheringly scathing as…Sat Aug 24 2002 - 01:00
Planner replies to critics of Ardmore schemesWaterford County Council has defended itself against critics of its development in the historic seaside village of ArdmoreFri Aug 16 2002 - 01:00
Replacement of traditional walls with fencing criticisedThe architect and sculptor Éamonn O'Doherty has condemned Galway County Council for its policy of replacing dry-stone boundary…Thu Aug 15 2002 - 01:00
McDowell likely to face criticism from GreensThe Minister for Justice, Mr McDowell, is likely to find himself excoriated by his Green Party constituency colleague, Mr John…Wed Aug 14 2002 - 01:00
Minister wants to fast-track planning on wasteThe Minister for the Environment, Mr Cullen, wants to fast-track plans for incinerators, landfill sites and other waste management…Mon Aug 12 2002 - 01:00
Airport link still on track, says MinisterThe proposed rail link between Dublin Airport and the city centre is to be abstracted from the wider metro plan so that it can…Thu Aug 08 2002 - 01:00
Metro line to over-run target date by five years - reportThe proposed metro line running from Shanganagh in south Co Dublin to Dublin Airport will not be finished until at least five…Wed Aug 07 2002 - 01:00
Business park at Castletown House rejectedPlans for a major business and technology park in the grounds of Castletown House, Co Kildare, have been turned down by An Bord…Wed Aug 07 2002 - 01:00
Pilot project sees cars banned from Dollymount Strand for dayCars are to be banned for the first time in decades from Dollymount Strand in Dublin Bay next Friday, in a pilot project jointly…Tue Aug 06 2002 - 01:00
Agency is criticised for not prosecuting polluterThe Environmental Protection Agency has been strongly criticised for its failure to prosecute a tannery in Clonmel, Co Tipperary…Tue Aug 06 2002 - 01:00
