Dempsey set to raise Sellafield with Wallstr÷mThe Minister for the Environment, Mr Dempsey, is expected to raise the Sellafield issue with the EU Environment Commissioner, …Tue Nov 27 2001 - 00:00
Chairman denies board is holding up rural housing plansAn Bord Pleanβla has rejected criticism that it is holding up essential economic development or putting arbitrary obstacles in…Fri Nov 23 2001 - 00:00
Bins in Temple Bar will give way to recyclingDublin's Temple Bar area is getting rid of the clutter of "Euro-bins" clogging its footpaths as part of a wider waste management…Wed Nov 21 2001 - 00:00
Minor increase in housing funds, despite extent of current crisisMore funds may be made available for social housing in the Budget after the Government's estimates for 2002 provided for an 8…Fri Nov 16 2001 - 00:00
Health board to further study incidence of cancer in AskeatonThe Mid-Western Health Board is to carry out a further study of the incidence of cancer among residents of the Askeaton area …Wed Nov 14 2001 - 00:00
Tenders to be invited for Dublin metro next yearPlans for a metro system in Dublin are "very active and alive" and tenders would be sought next year for the first line from …Wed Nov 14 2001 - 00:00
Luas tram given overwhelming vote of confidence, says spokesmanDubliners have given Luas an "overwhelming vote of confidence" with a total of 38,000 people visiting the first French-made tram…Mon Nov 12 2001 - 00:00
Kyoto talks 'a success'Four years of tough negotiations on an international legal framework to implement the 1997 Kyoto Protocol on Climate Change finally…Mon Nov 12 2001 - 00:00
Dubliners get first glance of a Luas tramAfter years of planning, confusion and controversy, Dubliners finally got a glimpse of the future of public transport in the …Mon Nov 05 2001 - 00:00
Meath projects take top prizes at building of the year awardsTwo projects in Co Meath - home of the Minister for the Environment, Mr Dempsey - have taken top prizes in this year's OPUS Building…Wed Oct 31 2001 - 00:00
Agency says policy needed to protect coastal areasNearly 30 years after the publication of a landmark National Coastline Study, Ireland still has no coherent policy to protect…Tue Oct 30 2001 - 00:00
An Taisce criticises 'rampant' building in LeitrimLeitrim has the shortest coastline of any county in Ireland and might have been expected to take steps to protect itTue Oct 30 2001 - 00:00
Project work will add to congestion in north DublinThe M50 motorway is likely to become even more congested over the next two years because of traffic diversions to facilitate …Thu Oct 18 2001 - 01:00
QBC cost doubles while action plan to tackle transport chaos misses targetsThe Dublin Transportation Office's action plan to deal with traffic problems in the capital has fallen below targets, despite…Fri Sept 28 2001 - 01:00
Capital gears up for more cyclists but widens north-south divideMonths before the Monument of Light (aka The Spike) rises from the site of Nelson's Pillar, Dublin Corporation is to make it …Fri Sept 28 2001 - 01:00
New restrictions planned for Dublin trafficDublin Corporation is to impose another round of restrictions in the city centre, including bans designed to reduce the volume…Fri Sept 28 2001 - 01:00
Coillte says McKenna claim is nonsenseCoillte Teoranta, the State forestry company, has described as "much ado about nothing" claims that its annual general meeting…Thu Sept 27 2001 - 01:00
Architect stresses need for higher density suburbsGreater Dublin could occupy an area the size of Los Angeles by 2010 if it continues to expand at its current rate, according …Wed Sept 26 2001 - 01:00
Report on stadium project completedThe consultants commissioned by the Government last June to carry out an "independent overview" of the controversial Sports Campus…Tue Sept 25 2001 - 01:00
Taisce reveals it is now receiving £55,000 a year from GovernmentAn Taisce has become the first Irish environmental organisation to be bankrolled by the Government - to the tune of at least £…Sat Sept 22 2001 - 01:00
Power stations breach KyotoThe Government has been accused of failing to respect the terms of the Kyoto Protocol on climate change by approving plans for…Wed Sept 05 2001 - 01:00
Residents want public inquiry for stadium planThe Dublin 15 Community Council has called on the Government to hold a Luas-type public inquiry into the Sports Campus Ireland…Tue Sept 04 2001 - 01:00
Board overruled inspector on LaraghconAn Bord Pleanala's recent decision to approve a controversial housing scheme at Laraghcon, in west Dublin, was made against the…Thu Aug 30 2001 - 01:00
Plan to transform Dun Laoghaire pierAn international architect, Mr Daniel Liebskind, hailed for his Jewish Museum in Berlin, will tomorrow present a radical plan…Wed Aug 29 2001 - 01:00
£100m `national icon' to commemorate Irish diasporaThe developer behind the Mailboat Pier scheme for Dun Laoghaire harbour has told The Irish Times that it would cost in excess…Wed Aug 29 2001 - 01:00
Large-scale residential plan likely for KinsealyThe former Taoiseach, Mr Charles Haughey, has reached agreement on terms for the sale of his Kinsealy estate in north Co Dublin…Mon Aug 27 2001 - 01:00
Councillor calls Bord Pleanala decision `a disaster' for Lucan and Liffey ValleyThe decision by An Bord Pleanala to grant permission for housing at Laraghcon, in west Dublin, has been described as a disaster…Wed Aug 22 2001 - 01:00
Ireland at risk of `dirty man' tagIreland risks being tagged as "the dirty man of Europe" because of its ever-expanding litany of environmental problems, according…Tue Aug 21 2001 - 01:00
Controversial Lucan housing scheme approvedAn Bord Pleanala has finally sealed the fate of a prominently located site overlooking Lucan, in west Dublin, by approving plans…Mon Aug 20 2001 - 01:00
Residents who withdrew planning appeal get £200,000A South Co Dublin residents' association received £200,000 and other benefits from developers in return for withdrawing a planning…Fri Aug 17 2001 - 01:00
Church body bows to Bord Pleanala decisionThe Select Vestry of Glenageary, Co Dublin, has accepted "with good grace" An Bord Pleanala's decision to refuse planning permission…Thu Aug 16 2001 - 01:00
New York is model for Dublin clean-up plansLegislation is being drafted by the Department of the Environment to set up new public-private partnerships to provide "cleaner…Tue Aug 07 2001 - 01:00
Commission on rural housing spread urgedThe Government should establish a special commission to investigate the scale of Ireland's rural housing phenomenon which is …Tue Aug 07 2001 - 01:00
Planners warn on dangers of `one-off' housing in countrysideVirtually all of Ireland's small villages are suffering significant population decline as the countryside around them is suburbanised…Mon Aug 06 2001 - 01:00
Climate summit ends with deal on Kyoto ProtocolThe UN climate-change summit concluded here yesterday with an unexpected agreement to implement the Kyoto Protocol after make…Tue Jul 24 2001 - 01:00
`Frenzy of meetings' in effort to save talks on world climateTalks aimed at saving the global climate hung in the balance early today as a fresh dispute erupted between the EU and Japan …Mon Jul 23 2001 - 01:00
Bonn watches as boat comes peacefully inEnvironmental activists scored a significant moral victory here at the weekend when their huge demonstration calling for ratification…Mon Jul 23 2001 - 01:00
Tough talks begin on emissions trading, forest `sinks' and fundingTough negotiations on the crunch issues facing the UN Climate Change Conference here got under way yesterday and were expected…Sat Jul 21 2001 - 01:00
Methods to reduce gases outlinedGreenhouse gas emissions must peak in the next 10 to 15 years and then start going down if the world is to avoid the worst effects…Sat Jul 21 2001 - 01:00
Talks stall over the use of forestry to combat pollutionThe Bonn climate change summit is stalled on one of the issues that led to the collapse of last November's talks in The Hague…Fri Jul 20 2001 - 01:00
Americans sing their Kyoto protests in styleYoung American climate change sceptics staged a song-and-dance protest in Bonn yesterday, in boot-camp style, to make the point…Thu Jul 19 2001 - 01:00
Agreement likely on package of `core' issuesThe Bonn climate change summit is likely to reach agreement on at least some outstanding issues confronting the negotiators, …Thu Jul 19 2001 - 01:00
Japan will `do its utmost' to back KyotoJapan says it will do its utmost to ensure that the Kyoto Protocol on Climate Change enters into force by the end of next year…Wed Jul 18 2001 - 01:00
US accused of trying to sway Japan to scupper Kyoto ProtocolThe EU Environment Commissioner, Ms Margot Wallstrom, has accused the US of working to undermine the prospects of implementing…Tue Jul 17 2001 - 01:00
Tight security in place for climate summitThe tightest security yet seen at a UN climate-change summit was put in place by German police yesterday as delegates from more…Tue Jul 17 2001 - 01:00
Pressure grows for Kyoto treaty changes to placate USEnvironment ministers, senior officials and diplomats from more than 160 countries are flying into Bonn today for an intensive…Mon Jul 16 2001 - 01:00
Corporation divides Dublin into districts, appoints area managersDublin Corporation has divided the city into five districts and appointed area managers to deliver services to people locally…Thu Jul 12 2001 - 01:00
Aid appeal funds build `Irish village' in IndiaIndia has acquired its first "Irish village" thanks to the generous response of people here to an appeal for aid following the…Mon Jul 09 2001 - 01:00
Motorists urged to boycott US petrol productsEarthwatch has called on motorists to boycott Esso petrol and other products in protest against the US administration's stance…Thu Jul 05 2001 - 01:00
ESB to study new options after rejection of pylonsThe ESB will look at other options to supply additional electricity to Co Donegal following An Bord Pleanala's rejection of a…Wed Jul 04 2001 - 01:00
