Affordable housing lottery to begin in MayDublin City Council will introduce its new lottery system next month in an effort to allocate 176 affordable homes among its …Thu Apr 20 2006 - 01:00
Axa insurance reveals dead claimsAxa Insurance has said up to €500,000 in refunds on motor and home insurance policies remains unclaimed, after it issued cheques…Wed Apr 19 2006 - 01:00
New €6m fund aims to help deprived areasA new fund of €6 million aimed at improving areas of social deprivation has been announced by Minister for Environment Dick Roche…Tue Apr 18 2006 - 01:00
Irish Rail to seek reopening of line to MidletonIrish Rail will formally ask Minister for Transport Martin Cullen in the coming weeks for permission to reopen the Cork to Midleton…Mon Apr 17 2006 - 01:00
Taoiseach blames road carnage on driver behaviourTaoiseach Bertie Ahern has blamed driver behaviour for 90 per cent of the current road carnage, saying "in many instances that…Sat Apr 15 2006 - 01:00
Gardaí and HSA investigate construction worker's deathThe Garda and the Health and Safety Authority (HSA) have launched investigations into the death of a man in Co Wicklow yesterday…Fri Apr 14 2006 - 01:00
Hopes that new quarter will mix social, cultural facilitiesDublin City Council's new cultural quarter will combine higher standards of new homes with social and cultural facilities including…Thu Apr 13 2006 - 01:00
Greystones Harbour hearing told council acting beyond its powersThe planning hearing into proposals to redevelop Greystones Harbour ended yesterday amid legal argument that Wicklow County Council…Sat Apr 08 2006 - 01:00
Planning hearing on Greystones Harbour to endA Bord Pleanála hearing into plans for the redevelopment of Greystones Harbour in Co Wicklow is expected to conclude in Bray …Fri Apr 07 2006 - 01:00
Fewer homes sought for Bray siteResidential elements of a major new €2 billion housing and retail development centred on the former Bray Golf Club site have …Thu Apr 06 2006 - 01:00
Greystones traffic measures defendedAccess to the new marina, shopping and residential areas of the proposed Greystones harbour development emerged as among the …Thu Apr 06 2006 - 01:00
Free sail comes with riverside salesUpper Shannon from €285,000: A free boat is a novel incentive being offered to buyers in an interesting development of tax designated…Thu Apr 06 2006 - 01:00
Hearing told of coast erosion fearsProposed coastal works as part of the redevelopment of Greystones harbour would not limit coastal erosion and may make existing…Wed Apr 05 2006 - 01:00
Greystones marina plan 'substantially decided'The backers of a €300 million marina and housing development planned for Greystones Harbour, Co Wicklow, yesterday said the debate…Tue Apr 04 2006 - 01:00
Dublin coastal groups in ecology allianceFifteen campaign groups concerned with the environment of Dublin Bay and the east coast have agreed to form a new alliance to…Mon Apr 03 2006 - 01:00
Greystones development 'a unique opportunity'The housing and marina development proposed for Greystones, Co Wicklow, could revitalise the town, re-engaging it with seaside…Sat Apr 01 2006 - 01:00
Harbour plans may be illegal, say localsGreystones Development: Objectors to the proposed €300 million Greystones Harbour Development have claimed that proposals by…Fri Mar 31 2006 - 01:00
Greystones scheme best at all levels - councilGreystones Development: Wicklow County Council officials said yesterday plans for the development of Greystones harbour were…Fri Mar 31 2006 - 01:00
Greystones harbour hearing beginsA public hearing into the controversial proposed €300 million Greystones harbour development gets under way in Bray tomorrow…Wed Mar 29 2006 - 01:00
Sections of sawmill shut before major clean-upThe Environmental Protection Agency has ordered a Co Offaly sawmill to close key areas of the plant within one month, pending…Fri Mar 10 2006 - 00:00
600 speed cameras to scan high-risk locationsUp to 600 speed cameras, most of them covert and highly mobile, are to be deployed at high-risk crash locations across the State…Thu Mar 09 2006 - 00:00
Opinions differ on converting LuasDifferences over when the Luas Green line should be converted to a higher-capacity metro system emerged at the public inquiry…Tue Mar 07 2006 - 00:00
Possibility of Corrib gas for northwest is reconsideredA new study is to look again at the possibility of bringing natural gas from the Corrib gas field to Sligo and Donegal.Tue Mar 07 2006 - 00:00
Driver killed in Wicklow is namedGardaí in Co Wicklow have named the young man killed in a car crash in Dunlavin on Saturday nightMon Mar 06 2006 - 00:00
International experts to address major road safety conferenceRoad safety experts from Australia, the US and Sweden are being brought to Ireland by the National Roads Authority (NRA) this…Mon Mar 06 2006 - 00:00
Minister is left grounded after failing to produce IDThere are no exceptions, as Minister for Arts and Tourism John O'Donoghue learned to his cost on being refused permission to …Mon Mar 06 2006 - 00:00
Anti-pollution drive 'not sufficient'EU environment commissioner Stavros Dimas has said efforts to combat environmental pollution in the Republic are not sufficient…Sat Mar 04 2006 - 00:00
Conservationist awaiting court case on National Monuments ActConservationist Vincent Salafia yesterday lost his High Court attempt to halt the planned construction of the 50 kilometre M3…Thu Mar 02 2006 - 00:00
Speed limit legality queriedMinister for Transport Martin Cullen has written to local authorities expressing concern over the "legal validity" of speed limits…Wed Mar 01 2006 - 00:00
McDowell plans to amend tenancy legislationMinister for Justice Michael McDowell is to amend the Landlord and Tenant Act 1980 to allow tenants to sign away their rights…Tue Feb 28 2006 - 00:00
Public inquiry into 7.5km Luas extension to Cherrywood opensMatters surrounding the proposed extension of the Luas to Cherrywood in south Co Dublin were outlined at the start of a public…Tue Feb 28 2006 - 00:00
Historic sites to be raised at Luas inquiryThe presence of significant archeological remains along the proposed route of the Luas extension to Cherrywood is likely to be…Mon Feb 27 2006 - 00:00
€145m will boost quality of water suppliesUp to 45,000 householders are to benefit from improved water supplies this year under a €145 million rural water scheme announced…Fri Feb 24 2006 - 00:00
New Luas extension to terminate at Fortunestown in west DublinThe route of a 3.5km (2Fri Feb 24 2006 - 00:00
Oral hearing on Greystones harbour in MarchBord Pleanála has set a date for an oral hearing into plans for the redevelopment of Greystones harbour in Co Wicklow, with more…Thu Feb 23 2006 - 00:00
OPW to expand use of its buildings for phone mastsThe Office of Public Works (OPW) has said it expects "dozens" of its mobile phone masts on Garda stations to be upgraded in coming…Thu Feb 23 2006 - 00:00
Arrangements being made to repatriate deadThe bodies of the five people who died in the Donegal car crash at the weekend were being kept at Altnagelvin and Letterkenny…Tue Feb 21 2006 - 00:00
Buncrana in shock after another fatal collisionBuncrana was in shock again at the weekend, as townspeople awoke to another Saturday morning and news of another multiple fatal…Mon Feb 20 2006 - 00:00
Ruling vindicates teachers' rights, says ASTIThe Association of Secondary Teachers Ireland has congratulated a member after yesterday's High Court rulingSat Feb 18 2006 - 00:00
Shannon Development censuredAn internal audit of a proposal by Shannon Development to sell a factory and 47-acre industrial site in Co Clare was dropped …Fri Feb 17 2006 - 00:00
Oireachtas body calls for sawmills inquiryAn Oireachtas committee is to ask Minister for the Environment Dick Roche to appoint an inspector to investigate an Offaly-based…Thu Feb 16 2006 - 00:00
Speed limits legality may be in doubtDublin City Council among the authorities that have not yet formally adopted special speed limits in their areaWed Feb 15 2006 - 00:00
Clamped drivers left blowing in the windA change in the design of Dublin City Council's parking tickets has resulted in a number of motorists who have paid their parking…Wed Feb 15 2006 - 00:00
Traffic havoc after four pile-upsCommuters and freight traffic suffered major disruption yesterday after four separate pile-ups closed sections of the M50, N11…Tue Feb 14 2006 - 00:00
Original handwritten words of national anthem may fetch €1.2mThe original, handwritten words of the national anthem, Amhrán na bhFiann, are set to mark a resurgence of interest in independence…Tue Feb 14 2006 - 00:00
Waste on Roadstone land must be movedThe Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has refused permission to Roadstone to create a managed landfill for illegally dumped…Sat Feb 11 2006 - 00:00
Delegation to study road safety policy in AustraliaA delegation of members of the Oireachtas Committee on Transport left Dublin yesterday on a 10day fact-finding mission to Victoria…Fri Feb 10 2006 - 00:00
Cullen agrees to end driving ban loopholeA loophole that allows drivers from the Republic to collect a driving ban in Britain, the Isle of Man or Northern Ireland and…Fri Feb 10 2006 - 00:00
Cullen blames speed limit violations for road death riseHard-hitting road safety advertisements on television were being ignored by motorists and new ways of getting road safety messages…Thu Feb 09 2006 - 00:00
Road safety measures outlinedSpeed limiters on cars driven by provisional licence-holders, driving lessons in aircraft-like simulators and black-box technology…Thu Feb 09 2006 - 00:00
