Criticism of Limerick plan rule changeFIFTEEN FIRMS of architects selected 18 months ago to design schemes for the plan to regenerate Limerick are being told that …Fri Sept 03 2010 - 01:00
Planned Slane bypass 'idiotic', says transport expertPLANS FOR a dual-carriageway to bypass the village of Slane, Co Meath, have been described as “idiotic” by Dr Edgar Morgenroth…Thu Aug 26 2010 - 01:00
NRA uses 'false data' to justify new roads, says An TaisceAN TAISCE has called on the National Roads Authority (NRA) to stop using “false data” showing continual traffic growth to justify…Tue Aug 24 2010 - 01:00
Locals bid to halt plans for new Monaghan dual carriagewayA CAMPAIGN has been launched in Co Monaghan against plans for a new dual carriageway to replace the N2, from Clontibret to the…Thu Aug 19 2010 - 01:00
Separate travel cards an 'interim' stepTHOUSANDS OF commuters with multiple-trip tickets for Dublin Bus and Iarnród Éireann services in the capital are being issued…Thu Aug 19 2010 - 01:00
Planning for Dublin's future proving to be a tall orderDublin city councillors and planners are at odds over the heights of buildingsSat Aug 07 2010 - 01:00
Transport plan would transform greenST STEPHEN’S Green will be the principal casualty of the Government’s plans to go ahead with Metro North and Dart Underground…Wed Aug 04 2010 - 01:00
Intensive cattle farming causing severe damage to protected Wexford dunesConservation orders and local agreements to protect a valuable coastal habitat have been widely ignoredFri Jul 30 2010 - 01:00
Clare council accused over diving confusionCLARE COUNTY Council has been accused of creating public confusion in Kilkee after it reinstated controversial diving boards …Mon Jul 19 2010 - 01:00
Cover the roof in a carpet of grass to save energyGreen roofs go back thousands of years – now modern vegetated roofs can save energyThu Jul 08 2010 - 01:00
Board rejects housing plan at protected demesneAN BORD Pleanála has scuppered plans for the development of a historic demesne near Celbridge, Co Kildare, on the basis that …Wed Jul 07 2010 - 01:00
Diving boards in Clare 'fit for purpose'A SAFETY review of diving boards in Kilkee, Co Clare, has found they are “fit for purpose” and recommended that signs be erected…Tue Jul 06 2010 - 01:00
Inquiry finds errors did not undermine climate reportTHE FIRST official investigation of errors in the most recent assessment of global warming by the UN Intergovernmental Panel …Tue Jul 06 2010 - 01:00
Nanny state should simply tell users bewareOur silly public liability laws mean councils are more focused on protecting themselves than providing facilitiesThu Jul 01 2010 - 01:00
Bad zoning reason for failure of spatial planTHE 2002 National Spatial Strategy (NSS) has failed to achieve its objectives mainly because a pattern of excessive and inappropriate…Sat Jun 19 2010 - 01:00
More to FF poll slump than unpopular cutsIt’s not ‘difficult decisions’ that Fianna Fáil is being punished for, but its spectacular mishandling of the boomThu Jun 17 2010 - 01:00
An Irishman's DiaryON AN aptly damp day in the Rhodope mountains southwest of Sofia, with the tall trees all around us dripping wet, we stood at…Tue Jun 15 2010 - 01:00
OECD calls for end to state subsidies on fossil fuelsPHASING OUT more than half a billion dollars a year in subsidies for fossil fuels could cut global greenhouse gas emissions by…Thu Jun 10 2010 - 01:00
Denying supplies as once was done in Warsaw GhettoThe Israeli blockade threatens the functioning and survival of the Gaza Strip’s trapped inhabitantsThu Jun 10 2010 - 01:00
UN climate chief forecasts missed targets on emissionsOUTGOING UN climate chief Yvo de Boer has scotched the prospects of effective action being taken by both developed and major …Tue Jun 08 2010 - 01:00
Bonn climate change talks aim to pick up the pieces from CopenhagenA FRESH round of UN climate change talks got under way in Bonn yesterday in an effort to pick up the pieces after last December…Tue Jun 01 2010 - 01:00
It's simpler and cheaper to just join the dotsDublin has the unique distinction of being the only city to have two free-standing light rail lines that don’t link upThu May 27 2010 - 01:00
Pier's demolition ruled illegalTHE DÚN Laoghaire Harbour Company may have to reinstate a Victorian railway station on Carlisle Pier following a ruling by An…Sat May 22 2010 - 01:00
Restoring credibility post-Climategate is keyReaffirmation of the scientific basis for human-induced global warming must be achieved before the Mexico climate summitThu May 20 2010 - 01:00
An Taisce hails ruling on port expansionNO EXTENSION of Drogheda Port into north Co Dublin will be approved by the Department of Transport at least until after the proposed…Mon May 17 2010 - 01:00
Revised Bill to reduce greenhouse gas backed by ObamaA WATERED-DOWN Bill aimed at curbing greenhouse gas emissions and boosting the use of renewable and nuclear energy has been endorsed…Fri May 14 2010 - 01:00
Fight for biodiversity begins at home - out on the bogPreserving the variety of life on Earth has to take priority in Irish and world politics over short-term interestsThu May 13 2010 - 01:00
Concert promoters claim design would detract from architectural merit of venue's facadeTHE OPERATORS of the O2 have appealed to An Bord Pleanála against plans by Harry Crosbie - who built the venue - for a "Dublin…Wed May 05 2010 - 01:00
Blood on our hands: Ireland's role in illegal loggingBuying illicit timber funds violent regimes and causes global warming – and Ireland is the EU’s worst offenderThu Apr 29 2010 - 01:00
Dublin site plan more complex than crony capitalismPlans for two competing shopping centres in the south of the county are at the heart of a dispute between councillors and the…Thu Apr 22 2010 - 01:00
Objections to road plan for CelbridgeAPPEALS ARE expected to be made to An Bord Pleanála against Kildare County Council’s decision to approve plans for a new road…Mon Apr 19 2010 - 01:00
Number of empty retail units in cities 'shocking'VACANCY RATES: RETAIL VACANCY rates as a result of the economic recession are now running at 14 per cent nationally, but up …Sat Apr 17 2010 - 01:00
Black gold in Alberta sandsThe process of extracting oil from the vast Canadian sands is a messy one, and with enormous profits at stake, what chance does…Sat Apr 10 2010 - 01:00
Architects' contribution must be recognisedThe Government needs to take the crisis in architecture seriously if more liquidations are to be avoidedThu Apr 01 2010 - 01:00
Not just environmentalists against GM cropsThe European Commission’s decision to allow the cultivation of GM potatoes has not gained union-wide approvalThu Mar 25 2010 - 00:00
Number of empty retail units in cities 'shocking'VACANCY RATES: RETAIL VACANCY rates as a result of the economic recession are now running at 14 per cent nationally, but up …Tue Mar 23 2010 - 00:00
Bad zoning reason for failure of spatial planTHE 2002 National Spatial Strategy (NSS) has failed to achieve its objectives mainly because a pattern of excessive and inappropriate…Tue Mar 23 2010 - 00:00
McCreevy's plan to decentralise now pointlessAs squandering of taxpayers’ money goes, the new OPW office in Trim illustrates folly on the grand scaleThu Mar 18 2010 - 00:00
Climate change and habitat loss posing great threat to Europe's small creaturesTHE LATEST European Red List, commissioned by the EU and released yesterday, shows that habitat loss and climate change are having…Wed Mar 17 2010 - 00:00
Bad zoning reason for failure of spatial planTHE 2002 National Spatial Strategy (NSS) has failed to achieve its objectives mainly because a pattern of excessive and inappropriate…Tue Mar 16 2010 - 00:00
Number of empty retail units in cities 'shocking'VACANCY RATES: RETAIL VACANCY rates as a result of the economic recession are now running at 14 per cent nationally, but up …Tue Mar 16 2010 - 00:00
Europe must lead the way against climate scepticismBy bringing forward plans for carbon tariffs the EU can make the post-Copenhagen outlook a bit less bleakThu Mar 04 2010 - 00:00
Hotelier's site permission rejected a third timeAN BORD Pleanála has unanimously overruled the local authority and refused permission for an “integrated tourism and leisure …Wed Mar 03 2010 - 00:00
Appeals over plans to raze St James's Hospital chapelTWO TDs and a local councillor are among those who have made appeals to An Bord Pleanála against Dublin City Council’s decision…Mon Mar 01 2010 - 00:00
Flooded valleys key to huge power planPLANS TO build a new electricity generating system, combining large-scale wind farms with huge hydro-power storage reservoirs…Mon Mar 01 2010 - 00:00
Dublin city speed limit needs to protect livesCouncillors must put safety ahead of the motoring lobby by holding their nerve with the new 30km/h limitThu Feb 25 2010 - 00:00
There is a way around planned Slane bypassThe National Roads Authority is bent on pursuing a plan that would visually compromise the setting of Newgrange, Knowth and Dowth…Thu Feb 18 2010 - 00:00
Good design must be central to economic recoveryARCHITECTURE: The new president of the RIAI says it’s time to put architects to work designing better schools, healthcare and…Thu Feb 18 2010 - 00:00
Ex-attorney general among objectors to Slane bypass near prehistoric sitesFORMER ATTORNEY general John Rogers SC, who lives in the Boyne valley, will be among the objectors to plans by Meath County Council…Wed Feb 17 2010 - 00:00
