`Radical' State plan to reduce greenhouse gasThe Government has unveiled what it calls a "radical blueprint" to curtail the State's greenhouse gas emissions and expects everyone…Thu Nov 02 2000 - 00:00
Moneypoint could close under plan to cut greenhouse gasesThe ESB's 900-megawatt generating station at Moneypoint, Co Clare, which supplies about 20 per cent of the State's electricity…Thu Nov 02 2000 - 00:00
Planners considering strike receive supportThe Irish Planning Institute has declared its "full support" for planners in Dublin and Cork who are considering strike action…Mon Oct 30 2000 - 00:00
New waste powers being consideredThe Minister for the Environment, Mr Dempsey, is "urgently reviewing" the powers open to him to speed up the adoption of regional…Sat Oct 28 2000 - 01:00
Objection to President's house filedThe President, Mrs McAleese, is facing a Bord Pleanala appeal by Friends of the Irish Environment (FIE) over her plans to build…Thu Oct 26 2000 - 01:00
City Hall shines againThe City Hall on Cork Hill used to be a gloomy old placeSat Sept 02 2000 - 01:00
Bord Pleanala has to look overseas for planning staffIreland is so short of professional planners that An Bord Pleanala's next recruitment campaign will target Australia and New …Thu Aug 31 2000 - 01:00
Insurance group wants stiffer penalties for speeding offences to cut deathsStiffer penalties for speeding, including the loss of a driving licence for repeated offences, are needed to reduce the "national…Mon Aug 28 2000 - 01:00
Estate in appeal against lakeside scouting centrePlans for a scouting activity centre at Lough Dan, Co Wicklow, could have "a devastating impact" on the lakeshore environment…Mon Aug 28 2000 - 01:00
Heritage Council objects to plan for abbeyThe Heritage Council has joined An Taisce in appealing to An Bord Pleanala against Offaly County Council's decision to approve…Fri Aug 25 2000 - 01:00
Archer's garage site plan refusedThe developer who demolished Archer's Garage, a listed 1940s building in the centre of Dublin, has been refused planning permission…Fri Aug 18 2000 - 01:00
Backer defends Durrow leisure projectThe developer of a leisure centre at Durrow Abbey, Co Offaly, has denied that his project would overwhelm one of the most important…Wed Aug 16 2000 - 01:00
£130m Durrow development plan criticisedArchaeologists are to appeal to An Bord Pleanala this week against Offaly County Council's decision to approve a major leisure…Mon Aug 14 2000 - 01:00
Trinity get approval for student housing scheme in DartryTrinity College has been granted planning permission by An Bord Pleanala for a major scheme of student housing at Trinity Hall…Thu Aug 10 2000 - 01:00
Call for entire Shannon catchment to be protected by amenity designationThe entire Shannon catchment, extending from the river to the highest contours on either side, should be protected by an amenity…Tue Aug 08 2000 - 01:00
Poor management of State property deniedPoor management of State property is costing taxpayers more than £10 million a year in lost revenues, inefficiencies and over…Mon Aug 07 2000 - 01:00
Closure of city street costs hotel developer £85,000 compensationDublin Corporation collected £85,000 in compensation from a hotel developer for this week's closure of Dawson Street - but it…Sat Aug 05 2000 - 01:00
Plan to solve access problem by relocating at Loughshinny had meritsThe most radical proposal to solve Dublin Port's perennial access problems was put forward out of the blue in 1990 by the ESB…Fri Aug 04 2000 - 01:00
£25 million facelift for run-down public areasThe first phase of a £25 million-plus initiative to upgrade and redesign more than 50 run-down public spaces in the capital has…Fri Jul 28 2000 - 01:00
Spencer Dock scheme restricted further by plannersAn Bord Pleanala's decision last week on the £1Fri Jul 21 2000 - 01:00
£600m for north-east inner city developmentThe once-notorious "Monto" area of Dublin is to be redeveloped to provide the largest dance centre in Ireland as a key element…Wed Jul 19 2000 - 01:00
Charges to major users to help finance £2.1bn water, and sewage services planThe Government expects to collect some £200 million a year in water charges from business, industry and farmers in order to help…Wed Jul 19 2000 - 01:00
Passenger figures to rise as Finglas gets bus corridorDublin Bus expects the passenger numbers on routes serving Finglas will increase by at least a third following the inauguration…Thu Jul 13 2000 - 01:00
Traffic head has serious concerns about £8bn Dublin transport planSerious concerns about key elements of the Dublin Transportation Office's £8 billion-plus draft plan for the capital - currently…Thu Jul 13 2000 - 01:00
Fringes of estates face `serious' problem of behaviourAnti-social behaviour is becoming a serious problem in private housing areas on the edges of public housing estates, according…Tue Jul 11 2000 - 01:00
Assurance given on safety of port tunnel projectThe engineers involved in the £200 million-plus Dublin Port Tunnel project "are absolutely committed to ensure that safety gets…Thu Jul 06 2000 - 01:00
Councillors honour their criticDublin Corporation has established an annual conservation bursary to honour the late Deirdre Kelly, founder of the Living City…Tue Jul 04 2000 - 01:00
National Museum acquires Eileen Gray's Paris collectionThe National Museum of Ireland has scored one of its greatest coups by beating the Pompidou Centre in Paris to acquire a major…Thu Jun 29 2000 - 01:00
Study identifies suitable Dublin high-rise areasThe area around Heuston Station in Dublin has been identified as a suitable location for high-rise buildings in the first draft…Thu Jun 29 2000 - 01:00
Winners range from `creative' urban infill to castle restorationA total of 21 building projects, including a significant number in the public sector, have won recognition for excellence in …Thu Jun 29 2000 - 01:00
Blackrock College pupil campaigns to save school hallA 14-year-old pupil at Blackrock College in Dublin is campaigning against plans to demolish the school's landmark Jubilee Hall…Tue Jun 20 2000 - 01:00
Millennium spire likely to light up Dublin next yearThe long-delayed millennium spire planned for O'Connell Street in Dublin is likely to be erected early next year, becoming the…Thu Jun 15 2000 - 01:00
HomeBond defends cautious approach to new prefab housingHOMEBOND, the national warranty scheme for new housing, has defended the precautionary approach it is taking towards the introduction…Thu Jun 15 2000 - 01:00
Docklands bridge thrown into doubtOne of the key elements of Dublin Corporation's traffic management plan for the city centre, a planned suspension bridge in the…Tue Jun 13 2000 - 01:00
Green light for women's 10k was a close-run thingDublin Corporation threatened to take legal action to prevent last Sunday's Women's Mini-Marathon being staged on the streets…Tue Jun 13 2000 - 01:00
Dry rot to displace next Lord MayorDublin's next Lord Mayor is likely to be dispossessed of the right to live in Dawson Street because the Mansion House will have…Mon Jun 12 2000 - 01:00
New taxi shelter opened with coddle and jazzTraditional Dublin coddle was dished out from a large pot mounted on a street trader's pram in Upper O'Connell Street at lunchtime…Sat Jun 10 2000 - 01:00
Only 70 Irish beaches qualify for Blue FlagThe number of beaches in the Republic qualifying this year for the Blue Flag symbol of environmental quality has been reduced…Thu Jun 08 2000 - 01:00
Environmental campaign extendedWorld Environment Day was marked yesterday by the Minister for the Environment, Mr Dempsey, who appealed again to people here…Wed Jun 07 2000 - 01:00
Garda increases role to ease peak trafficThe Garda Siochana is assuming "total control" over the management of peak-period traffic in the Dublin area in an effort to …Wed Jun 07 2000 - 01:00
Tallaght Luas line to end at Connolly due to objectionsCIE Plans to demolish the ramp at Connolly Station to provide a new terminus for the Luas light rail line from TallaghtTue Jun 06 2000 - 01:00
Taxi haven could be high earnerDublin Corporation will install a modern taxi shelter in Upper O'Connell Street next week that may ultimately provide a template…Mon Jun 05 2000 - 01:00
Irish pavilion strikes a perfect balance between architecture and set designIreland has a patchy record of participation in World ExposThu Jun 01 2000 - 01:00
Irish pavilion makes early showing at Hanover ExpoIreland has stolen a march on many of the other countries represented at Expo 2000 in Hanover by completing its pavilion well…Tue May 23 2000 - 01:00
Dublin Bus faces privatisation under Minister's plansDublin Bus is likely to be privatised under a package of measures aimed at introducing regulated competition in the capital's…Wed May 17 2000 - 01:00
Massive Grand Canal Docks project under wayOne of the most far-reaching urban renewal projects ever planned in Ireland, a £1Tue May 16 2000 - 01:00
Public transport competition delayedPublic transport services will not be opened to full competition under a new regulatory regime until next year because of the…Mon May 15 2000 - 01:00
