'Inescapable' need for waste incineration, consultant saysIncineration is the inescapable answer to Ireland's waste management problems, and not an "unviable" process as suggested by …Thu Jan 31 2008 - 00:00
Hidden cameras help fight illegal dumpingClosed-circuit television cameras have been installed at a number of car parks and beauty spots in rural areas of Wicklow and…Thu Jan 31 2008 - 00:00
Offaly and Carlow are least successful in roads fundingRoads funding: Offaly, home county to Minister for Finance Brian Cowen, is among the two least successful counties in obtaining…Wed Jan 30 2008 - 00:00
Academy confers highest honour on HeaneyThe Royal Irish Academy last night conferred its highest honour, the Cunningham Medal, on Nobel Laureate Séamus Heaney.Tue Jan 29 2008 - 00:00
Developers at odds on Wicklow plansDevelopers behind proposals for two of the State's largest mixed-use shopping centres have objected to each other's plans, pitching…Mon Jan 28 2008 - 00:00
M3 route likely to open ahead of 2010 deadlineThe controversial M3 motorway in Co Meath is more than one-third complete and likely to open well in advance of its autumn 2010…Sat Jan 26 2008 - 00:00
No way around crash delays - MinisterMotorists may have to get used to traffic disruption of the kind which caused major delays on Dublin's M50 and adjacent routes…Sat Jan 26 2008 - 00:00
Defective tunnel tiles to be removedDefective acoustic tiles which have been falling off the walls of the Dublin Port Tunnel are to be removed, the National Roads…Fri Jan 25 2008 - 00:00
Night-rate ESB users pay higher daytime chargesESB customers who sign up for cheaper night-rate electricity are charged more than "ordinary" customers for electricity they …Fri Jan 25 2008 - 00:00
Local authorities want water treatment plants fast-trackedLocal authority managers have responded swiftly to the EPA drinking water report, calling for urgent investment to ensure compliance…Thu Jan 24 2008 - 00:00
County official altered zoning to Timmins landA Wicklow County Council official has said he was responsible for switching a housing zoning in proposals for a Baltinglass local…Thu Jan 24 2008 - 00:00
36% of public water supplies may pose a riskMore than a third of all public water supplies have been identified as potentially risking public health and will have to be …Thu Jan 24 2008 - 00:00
Speed camera contract remains unfilled a year onA second Garda contract for speed detection cameras remains unfilled almost one year after it was announced, it has emergedWed Jan 23 2008 - 00:00
State fails to use heritage site registerIreland's national inventory of heritage sites is not used by the Department of Environment in nominating sites for designation…Tue Jan 22 2008 - 00:00
Three-year M50 upgrade to startMotorists using Dublin's M50 are set for further disruption, as phase two of the €1 billion upgrade starts on Monday.Sat Jan 19 2008 - 00:00
Dioxin levels well below EU limits, says EPAIrish dioxin levels remain well below EU limits, according to the latest assessment by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA…Sat Jan 19 2008 - 00:00
MEPs to vote on opening up consumer credit marketEU: A long-running row over moves to allow EU citizens to obtain credit and shop around for loans in any member state, is likely…Wed Jan 16 2008 - 00:00
M50 traffic diversionsA new traffic layout at the Red Cow roundabout outside Dublin comes into place tomorrowSat Jan 12 2008 - 00:00
Councils on alert as further flooding fearedLocal authorities throughout the southeast are on "flood alert" this weekend fearing that fresh rainfall could further swell …Sat Jan 12 2008 - 00:00
Severe delays after freight train derailsIarnród Éireann has said it was not feasible to run a shuttle train service between Lusk and Dublin city yesterday morning to…Sat Jan 12 2008 - 00:00
Torrential weather likely to return, says Met ÉireannWeather conditions which caused widespread flooding across much of the country on Wednesday night and early yesterday morning…Fri Jan 11 2008 - 00:00
EU will support incandescent bulb ban, says GormleyThe European Union will support Ireland's attempts to ban incandescent light bulbs by early next year, Minister for the Environment…Fri Jan 11 2008 - 00:00
M1 roadside messages on travel times to be testedThe National Roads Authority (NRA) is to test "real-time" roadside messages which advise motorists of travel times, beginning…Thu Jan 10 2008 - 00:00
Drivers can bring clamping firms to court without costsThe Courts Service has said motorists may personally prosecute cases against private clamping companies, as lay litigants, without…Wed Jan 09 2008 - 00:00
More enforcement against illegal dumping in forests urgedThe Government has been challenged to step up enforcement against illegal dumping in the State's forests and beauty spots, by…Tue Jan 08 2008 - 00:00
Call for stricter enforcement of drink-drive lawsRoad Safety Authority chairman Gay Byrne has said he would opt for more enforcement of existing drink-driving regulations, over…Tue Jan 08 2008 - 00:00
29m passenger journeys on Dublin Luas lines this yearAlmost 29 million passengers journeys were made on Dublin's two Luas lines this year, Minister for Transport Noel Dempsey said…Sat Dec 29 2007 - 00:00
Plan for 500 homes close to Shankill submittedA planning application for phase one of what amounts to a new town, near Shankill in south Co Dublin, has been lodged with Dún…Sat Dec 29 2007 - 00:00
Phoenix Park bicycle hire service put out to tenderThe Office of Public Works has invited tenders for a bicycle hire service in the Phoenix Park, as part of plans to develop a …Sat Dec 29 2007 - 00:00
Record 46.3m journeys on rail networkIarnród Éireann has announced that a record 46Fri Dec 28 2007 - 00:00
Tourism boom worth €4bn to economyA record 7.8 million overseas visitors came to Ireland this year, pumping €4 billion into the economy, according to the Irish…Fri Dec 28 2007 - 00:00
Post-Christmas refuse arrangementsDublin City Council has said the black bin waste collections due to have been made last Tuesday will now take place tomorrow.Fri Dec 28 2007 - 00:00
Christmas message beats commercialism, archbishop insistsThe real message of Christmas always triumphs over commercialism, touching even non-believers, the Catholic Archbishop of Dublin…Thu Dec 27 2007 - 00:00
'Worrying' rise in calls to Childline over ChristmasChildline answered almost 700 calls from children and young people on Christmas Day, many of them expressing feelings of isolation…Thu Dec 27 2007 - 00:00
Crew members from detained ship head homeNine crew members of the Cypriot-registered freighter Celtic Star , which was detained in Dublin over Christmas, were on their…Thu Dec 27 2007 - 00:00
Wren boys make merryGood humour, colourful costumes and songs more than made up for any fall in numbers at the annual Wren Boys celebration at Sandymount…Thu Dec 27 2007 - 00:00
Paying vehicles equal toll-free tunnel usersThe number of motorists paying to use Dublin Port Tunnel has equalled the number of vehicles that use it for free, the National…Fri Dec 21 2007 - 00:00
Cost puts brakes on speed cameras contractA much-delayed Government plan to outsource speed cameras has run into a new difficulty over cost.Fri Dec 21 2007 - 00:00
Iarnród Éireann hails €400m railcars"It is not what we are used to," commented onlookers as the first of Iarnród Éireann's new €400 million fleet of sleek, inter…Thu Dec 20 2007 - 00:00
Cowen unveils €2.65bn regional investment planA €2.65 billion spending programme to improve regional competitiveness was presented by Tánaiste Brian Cowen in Tullamore, Co…Tue Dec 18 2007 - 00:00
Tánaiste says legal issues delaying mammogram reportTánaiste Brian Cowen has confirmed there is a legal challenge over the publication of the report of a review of mammograms read…Tue Dec 18 2007 - 00:00
Campaign targets tennis club 'eyesore'A "burst the bubble campaign" has been set up in Sutton in north Co Dublin to protest against local tennis club plans to erect…Mon Dec 17 2007 - 00:00
Plan for soccer academy opposedProposals for a €10 million soccer academy near Donabate in north Co Dublin have been criticised by environmental group Coastwatch…Sat Dec 15 2007 - 00:00
New service between Knock airport and GatwickThere was further good news for air transport links to the west of Ireland yesterday with the announcement by Ireland West Airport…Sat Dec 15 2007 - 00:00
Byrne breaks down at launch of road adChairman of the Road Safety Authority Gay Byrne broke down and people in the audience wept during the launch of the authority…Fri Dec 14 2007 - 00:00
Threemen die in crashes on State's roadsThree men have died in crashes on the Republic's roads in recent days.Fri Dec 14 2007 - 00:00
One-fifth of all penalty points prove pointlessMore than one-fifth of all penalty points incurred since the scheme began in October 2002 cannot be applied because the driver…Thu Dec 13 2007 - 00:00
Courts 'cannot sustain' rise in motoring casesThe District Court cannot sustain the level of motoring offence cases coming before it under the fixed penalty points system, …Wed Dec 12 2007 - 00:00
Tributes paid to slain band membersRemembering the Miami: Taoiseach unveils Dublin memorial to showband Taoiseach Bertie Ahern led tributes and Dana Rosemary Scallon…Tue Dec 11 2007 - 00:00
New study predicts what life and State services will be like in 2020A new study Ireland 2020 which predicts what life and government services might be like in Ireland 100 years after independence…Tue Dec 11 2007 - 00:00
