Europe inquires into claim of failure to protect built heritageThe European Commission is conducting detailed inquiries into a formal complaint by Lancefort Ltd, the company in the front line…Wed Feb 04 1998 - 00:00
Concern over Dun Laoghaire marina planDun Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council is awaiting further details of a 680-berth marina plan for Ireland's largest manmade harbour…Tue Feb 03 1998 - 00:00
Former Clontarf Town Hall is demolishedA substantial portion of the former Clontarf Town Hall in Dublin, including the room where the Irish Republican Brotherhood decided…Mon Feb 02 1998 - 00:00
High-rise future for parts of Dublin on the cardsDublin could be facing a high-rise future, with strong indications that the current restrictions on building heights are to be…Mon Feb 02 1998 - 00:00
IBEC wants planning process and pollution controls streamlinedIrish industry believes that the present systems of planning and pollution control need to be "streamlined" to cut costs and …Wed Jan 28 1998 - 00:00
Planning board inspector had backed gallery planAn Bord Pleanala's surprise decision to reject the National Gallery's controversial plan to build a major extension in Clare …Fri Jan 23 1998 - 00:00
Holiday homes tax incentive criticisedTax incentives for clusters of holiday homes in traditional seaside resort areas should be redirected to schemes which help to…Tue Jan 20 1998 - 00:00
Sponsors of rezoning file reward are identifiedThe identities of the anonymous sponsors of a £10,000 reward for information leading to convictions for corrupt land rezoning…Mon Jan 19 1998 - 00:00
Permission refused for major extension planned by National GalleryThe board of the National Gallery is to meet shortly to review its plans for a £12Sat Jan 17 1998 - 00:00
M50 interchanges may each need £20m third tierA new "third tier" may have to be built at every interchange on Dublin's M50 motorway, at a cost of £20 million each, to eliminate…Fri Jan 16 1998 - 00:00
Carton development plan `a scandal'The proposed development of a 140-bedroom hotel, with 78 houses, a conference centre and two 18-hole championship golf courses…Fri Jan 16 1998 - 00:00
Georgian Society owes much to Boland's criticismIt was Kevin Boland, then Minister for Local Government, who really made the Irish Georgian Society with his "belted earls" speech…Fri Jan 16 1998 - 00:00
Fight to save 18th century heritage is set to continueThe Irish Georgian Society will begin marking its 40th anniversary this year with a public lecture by the Hon Desmond Guinness…Thu Jan 15 1998 - 00:00
Consultants win light rail contractCIE's French consultants for the Luas project in Dublin, whose advice against putting it underground in the city centre was rejected…Sat Jan 10 1998 - 00:00
Planning tribunal issues orders for documentsThe tribunal established to inquire into certain land rezoning transactions in Co Dublin has already begun to issue orders for…Thu Jan 08 1998 - 00:00
City manager calls for `rational' debate on capital's waste crisisDubliners need to have a "rational, sane and sensible" debate about the capital's growing waste crisis without "getting tied …Wed Jan 07 1998 - 00:00
Incinerator key to consultants' Dublin waste control planThe construction of some form of incinerator - or "thermal treatment plant", to use the words of the MCCK consultants - is one…Tue Jan 06 1998 - 00:00
Developer acts on old Hilton siteHoardings have been erected around several buildings at the edge of College Green in Dublin, once earmarked for development as…Wed Dec 31 1997 - 00:00
Burren group to keep on walking as plan deferredFor the seventh year in succession, the Burren Action Group is holding a New Year's Day walk around the folded limestone mountain…Wed Dec 31 1997 - 00:00
Firms compete for wind farm franchisesDozens of companies, both Irish and foreign, are competing for franchises to operate wind farms following what was probably the…Tue Dec 30 1997 - 00:00
Opponents of tunnel seeking complete costingsOpponents of the Dublin Port Tunnel are seeking full details of the cost of the project, after revelations that it is likely …Mon Dec 29 1997 - 00:00
Estimated cost of port tunnel almost doubles to £196mThe proposed Dublin Port Tunnel is now likely to cost £196 million, according to the latest estimate, The Irish Times has learned…Sat Dec 27 1997 - 00:00
Review says incinerator is answer to waste crisisThe construction of a municipal incinerator to burn Dublin's domestic and commercial refuse is among the key recommendations …Tue Dec 23 1997 - 00:00
Reaction to agreement spans the spectrumReaction to the end of the Kyoto Climate Change Summit yesterday spanned the spectrum from outright opposition by the Global …Fri Dec 12 1997 - 00:00
States agree to cut greenhouse gas emissions in fraught sessionThe UN climate change summit has finally produced a milestone agreement to reduce the industrial world's greenhouse gas emissions…Thu Dec 11 1997 - 00:00
With one day to go, US and EU are still at loggerheads over loopholesWith just one day to go, the UN climate change summit was in deep trouble last night with the European Union and the United States…Wed Dec 10 1997 - 00:00
Conflict between west and poorer countries goes onDeveloping countries attending the Kyoto Climate Change Summit have reaffirmed their determination that the world's industrialised…Sat Dec 06 1997 - 00:00
Insurers are worried by fossil fuelsExecutives representing more than 70 insurance companies around the world yesterday indicated that they would be reviewing their…Sat Dec 06 1997 - 00:00
Only ones smiling are oil, coal and motor interestsThe world will not be saved in Kyoto next weekFri Dec 05 1997 - 00:00
`Bubble' bursts amicable facade at climate conferenceThe European Union's "bubble" which would permit Ireland to increase its greenhouse gas emissions by 15 per cent while achieving…Fri Dec 05 1997 - 00:00
SAC planning stance challengedA new Irish environmental group has issued a circular to local authorities challenging statements made by a senior official at…Thu Dec 04 1997 - 00:00
Nitrate and phosphate over-use is blamed for coastal pollutionExcessive use of nitrate and phosphate fertilisers by farmers is polluting Ireland's coastal areas to a "very worrying" degree…Wed Dec 03 1997 - 00:00
Eliminating gases `not a practicable option'Carbon-dioxide emissions from the Republic's power stations increased from 12 million tonnes in 1993 to 13Wed Dec 03 1997 - 00:00
McKenna calls for binding agreement to cut greenhouse gas emissionsThis week's climate change summit in Kyoto would be successful only if it sets "firm, legally-binding targets" for industrialised…Tue Dec 02 1997 - 00:00
Sandymount `will be vulnerable if the sea level rises'People buying expensive houses in the Sandymount area of Dublin should be aware that it is vulnerable to rising sea levels as…Tue Dec 02 1997 - 00:00
People of Ballymun get glimpse of the futureThe people of Ballymun, Dublin's major high-rise housing estate, got their first glimpse of what the place might look like when…Mon Dec 01 1997 - 00:00
Irish levels will rise by 28% `unless policy changes'Without changes in Government policy, Ireland's greenhouse gas emissions will be 28 per cent above their 1990 levels in the year…Mon Dec 01 1997 - 00:00
Special zone scheme may form part of Planning Acts reviewThe designation of "special industrial zones", where the construction of new factories would be exempt from the normal planning…Fri Nov 28 1997 - 00:00
O'Rourke restates commitment to light rail systemIn an attempt to remove any doubts about the Luas light rail project, the Minister for Public Enterprise, Ms O'Rourke, has given…Thu Nov 27 1997 - 00:00
TBP acts to defend Temple Bar from more pub licencesTemple Bar Properties has adopted a more pro-active approach to planning in an effort to defend Dublin's designated cultural …Wed Nov 26 1997 - 00:00
Ulster Museum wins top awardMuseums can make a "tremendous contribution to understanding our history, heritage, culture and identity at a time when we are…Mon Nov 24 1997 - 00:00
Protest at plans to extend dumpAbout 400 people marched through the centre of Dublin yesterday calling for the closure of Balleally dump, on Rogerstown Estuary…Thu Nov 20 1997 - 00:00
Approval given for £25m extension to Leinster HouseThe Office of Public Works has announced plans for a £25 million extension to Leinster House, to be built on a site occupied …Mon Nov 17 1997 - 00:00
Question posed by climate change to be `critical test', warns DempseyClimate change is "probably the greatest environmental threat" and a "critical test of our commitment to sustainable development…Fri Nov 14 1997 - 00:00
Dempsey welcomes increase for housing and servicesThe Minister for the Environment, Mr Dempsey, has welcomed significant increases in the Estimates for housing, roads and sanitary…Thu Nov 13 1997 - 00:00
ESB rejects sole responsibility for polluting gasThe ESB made it clear yesterday that it does not wish to become the "whipping boy" in a drive to reduce Ireland's greenhouse …Thu Nov 13 1997 - 00:00
ESRI report calls for tax on greenhouse gasesIreland may have to consider a 5 per cent across-the-board increase in energy prices, including electricity charges, if it is…Thu Nov 13 1997 - 00:00
Dublin to get millennium Liffey bridgeDublin Corporation is following is example of the President, Mrs McAleese, in building bridges between North and South - except…Wed Nov 12 1997 - 00:00
Dublin drivers may face wheel clamps next yearDublin motorists face having their car wheels clamped for illegal parking under a new regime which will also eliminate free on…Fri Nov 07 1997 - 00:00
