Road deaths for May up 50% on last yearFour people were killed in road accidents over a 10-hour period between Sunday night and yesterday morning.Tue May 20 2003 - 01:00
Brennan on verge of deal linking car insurance to penaltiesThe Minister for Transport, Mr Brennan, said yesterday that he expects to sign a deal with at least one insurance company by …Mon May 19 2003 - 01:00
Dublin taxi drivers threaten strikeDublin's taxi-drivers may withdraw their service to support protest convoys next month, as part of their continuing campaign …Mon May 19 2003 - 01:00
Call for regional buses to use hard shoulderAn Taisce has supported Bus Éireann's call for buses to be allowed to use the hard shoulder on roads between Dublin and satellite…Mon May 19 2003 - 01:00
Dramatic increase in road deaths over last MayThe number of people killed on the Republic's roads has risen dramatically this monthMon May 19 2003 - 01:00
Environment Bill extendedNew powers for local authorities to compel shopkeepers and property owners to clean and maintain the area in front of their properties…Mon May 19 2003 - 01:00
Bag tax put in waste fundThe Department of the Environment has described as "inaccurate" reports that €1 million raised through the 15 cent tax on plastic…Sat May 17 2003 - 01:00
Vintners say new smoking study helps case against banPublicans are to present new research to the Minister for Health in support of their case against a ban on smoking in pubs and…Sat May 17 2003 - 01:00
Pupils design rail crossing for disabledTransition year schoolchildren in Wicklow have won the Young Social Innovator of the Year Award for their design of a prototype…Fri May 16 2003 - 01:00
NRA defends €1.3bn outlay on highwaysThe Republic's longest inter-urban motorway - a 72km route between Santry in north Dublin and Dundalk, due to open this summer…Fri May 16 2003 - 01:00
Hauliers' chief wants speed limit for large trucks increased to 55 mphRoad safety is a huge issue for road hauliers and many are keen to impress their concerns on their insurers, Mr Jimmy Quinn of…Fri May 16 2003 - 01:00
NRA action on escalating costsA move aimed at stopping escalating road-building costs is to be announced by the National Roads Authority (NRA) today.Thu May 15 2003 - 01:00
Brennan promises bus lane fundingFunding for the extension of quality bus corridors (QBCs) to Cork and Galway, and the doubling of the number of QBCs in Dublin…Tue May 13 2003 - 01:00
City centre ban on lorries too large for Port TunnelLarge lorries which are too big to travel through Dublin's Port Tunnel will not be be allowed through the city centre either, …Tue May 13 2003 - 01:00
West Link tolls to increase next yearToll charges at Dublin's West Link are to rise for the third time in 27 months to fund the new West Link bridge, due to open …Sat Apr 26 2003 - 01:00
Asbestos found at Boyne restorationDrogheda Port Company was in consultation with its advisers yesterday following the discovery of asbestos in a bank which was…Thu Apr 24 2003 - 01:00
Oral hearing next month on controversial sawmillsBord Pleanála is to hold a two day oral hearing next month into an application for retention of a controversial sawmills in the…Tue Apr 22 2003 - 01:00
Berkeley's childhood home 'near collapse'An urgent appeal has been made to the Taoiseach to prevent the "imminent collapse" of Dysart Castle near Thomastown, Co Kilkenny…Tue Apr 22 2003 - 01:00
Call for publication of report into bay infill planDublin Baywatch, the group opposed to Dublin Port's plans to infill 52 acres of Dublin Bay, has called for the publication of…Mon Apr 21 2003 - 01:00
Inquiry opened into death of seabirdsDúchas has commenced an investigation after large numbers of dead birds started appearing on beaches along the north Wexford …Mon Apr 21 2003 - 01:00
Careless day trippers blamed for forest firesDay trippers have been blamed for a spate of fires which damaged forests, threatened homes and destroyed hundreds of acres of…Mon Apr 21 2003 - 01:00
Incinerator project ended by divisionsThe Ronan family, which this week agreed to withdraw its application for a meat and bonemeal incinerator in Co Tipperary, has…Sat Apr 19 2003 - 01:00
Incinerator plan near stud farm scrappedThe long-running dispute between Coolmore Stud and National By-Products over the development of a meat and bonemeal incinerator…Fri Apr 18 2003 - 01:00
State criticised for failure on greenhouse gas emissionsThe Republic is facing fines of more than €1 billion over the next 10 years for its failure to tackle greenhouse gas emissions…Fri Apr 18 2003 - 01:00
Dry weather contributes to gorse firesSummer-type gorse fires hit the Dublin mountains yesterdayThu Apr 17 2003 - 01:00
Council applies to Minister to let work on motorway continueDún Laoghaire-Rathdown Council has applied to the Minister for the Environment, Mr Cullen, for consent to allow it to resume …Thu Apr 17 2003 - 01:00
State to fund 65% of Kilcock-Kilbeggan roadThe State will put up about 65 per cent of the cost of the proposed Kilcock-Kilbeggan motorway before handing it over to the …Tue Apr 15 2003 - 01:00
€30m Luas ramp outlay 'unnecessary'At least €30 million being spent on the acquisition and demolition of a ramp at Dublin's Connolly Station to facilitate the light…Tue Apr 15 2003 - 01:00
Cost of new Liffey bridge set to increaseThe landmark Blackhall Place Bridge, designed by one of the world's leading bridge architects, Dr Santiago Calatrava, will cost…Fri Apr 11 2003 - 01:00
Carthy threatened club members, tribunal toldJohn Carthy threatened members of the Abbeylara Handball Club that he would "bring down the gun and shoot them" if they continued…Tue Apr 08 2003 - 01:00
Council to vote on Glen Ding rezoningA proposal to rezone the historically and archaeologically important Glen Ding area in Blessington for quarrying is to be decided…Mon Apr 07 2003 - 01:00
Carthy duped into giving up his shotgunBarr tribunal: Gardaí in Granard, Co Longford, duped Mr John Carthy into surrendering his shotgun because they were concerned…Sat Apr 05 2003 - 01:00
Garda tells of gun in Carthy homeTHE BARR TRIBUNAL: Gardaí were alerted to the presence of a gun in the Carthy home by a neighbouring family who were concerned…Fri Apr 04 2003 - 01:00
Failure to give Carthy cigarettes criticisedTHE BARR TRIBUNAL: The failure of gardaí to provide John Carthy with cigarettes during the Abbeylara siege was criticised by…Fri Apr 04 2003 - 01:00
Extradition of TV show winner may be soughtAn Irishman who won more than €150,000 on a British television game show last weekend is expected to be the subject of extradition…Thu Apr 03 2003 - 01:00
€8 billion proposed for railwaysThe "most comprehensive re- view of rail services ever undertaken in the Republic", to be published today, is unlikely to be …Thu Apr 03 2003 - 01:00
Nuclear power plant closes at SellafieldThe world's first commercial nuclear power station, Calder Hall, a Magnox reactor at Sellafield, on the coast of Cumbria, in …Tue Apr 01 2003 - 01:00
Clonmel,Clones to lose jobsAbout 170 workers are to be laid off at manufacturing plants in Clonmel, Co Tipperary and Clones, Co Monaghan.Tue Apr 01 2003 - 01:00
Luas will cross State's busiest junctionTraffic delays on the State's busiest junction, the Red Cow roundabout between the N7 and M50 in south Dublin, are set to worsen…Tue Apr 01 2003 - 01:00
Ryanair chief is fined €1,269 for dangerous drivingRyanair chief executive Mr Michael O'Leary was yesterday fined €1,269 and had his licence endorsed for dangerous driving in Co…Sat Mar 29 2003 - 00:00
Expert to assess tunnel damageAn independent assessor from the Imperial College in London has arrived in Dublin to examine damage to homes in the Marino area…Thu Mar 27 2003 - 00:00
Recycling goes large in capitalDublin city's first recycling centre for bulky items, including furniture, white goods and electronic equipment, has opened in…Thu Mar 27 2003 - 00:00
Deal signed for 39km motorwayThe State's first motorway to be built by public-private partnership, the 39km Kilcock-Kinnegad road in the midlands, will begin…Tue Mar 25 2003 - 00:00
€170m to be invested in rail services for Dublin areaThe largest investment in rail services in the Dublin area since the DART launch in 1984 was announced by Iarnród Éireann yesterday…Tue Mar 25 2003 - 00:00
Sewage schemes for dispersed populations are possible, but at a priceClean, small rural sewage schemes which serve dispersed rural populations are possible - but at a cost, according to the Swiss…Mon Mar 24 2003 - 00:00
Young and old show united frontDUBLIN MARCH: "Bertie Iscariot - you betrayed us all" and "Stop Mad Cowboy Disease" proclaimed the placards as the crowd chanted…Mon Mar 24 2003 - 00:00
Irish group studies Swiss way of waste incinerationAn expert group of Irish parliamentarians and high ranking civil servants has just returned after spending a week in Switzerland…Mon Mar 24 2003 - 00:00
Phosphates in farm fertilisers linked to algal bloom in lakesAlgal blooms of the kind seen on the Shannon lakes in summertime are unlikely to be eradicated unless phosphates are removed …Mon Mar 24 2003 - 00:00
Swiss recycle 45% of waste and incinerate the restSome 45 per cent of Swiss domestic waste is recycled and the rest incinerated in any one of about 28 municipal incinerators across…Mon Mar 24 2003 - 00:00
Ban on taking sand at water sourcesThe Swiss federal government has banned the extraction of sand and gravel from areas where drinking water is sourcedMon Mar 24 2003 - 00:00
