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Cement firm's CO2 role profits rivals

Ecocem, Ireland's only environment-friendly cement manufacturer, risks being put out of business unless the Government reallocates…

Mon Jan 16 2006 - 00:00

Docklands redesign to be 'urban magnet'

The Dublin Docklands Development Authority (DDDA) has unveiled a radical redesign by an award-winning American landscape architect…

Sat Jan 14 2006 - 00:00

Ikea says out-of-town stores are 'unsustainable'

As Swedish flat-pack furniture giant Ikea prepares to lodge a planning application for a superstore alongside the M50, its property…

Wed Jan 11 2006 - 00:00

Department refuses to release data on metro

The Department of Transport has refused to release any information on the business case for the two metro lines proposed for …

Tue Jan 10 2006 - 00:00

Draft rail strategy suggests need for Luas lines in regional cities

Cork, Limerick and Galway should get their own versions of Luas, according to a draft light rail investment strategy prepared…

Tue Jan 10 2006 - 00:00

Slow Food group suspends Irish smoked salmon over drift-nets

Smoked salmon from Ireland has had its certification as a "slow food" suspended after letters of protest from conservationists…

Wed Jan 04 2006 - 00:00

An Taisce calls for transport body

An Taisce has called on the Government to establish a national transport authority (NTA) with a remit covering the greater Dublin…

Mon Jan 02 2006 - 00:00

Board rejects south Dublin housing scheme

An Bord Pleanála has refused planning permission for another major housing scheme in south Co Dublin that would have provided…

Fri Dec 30 2005 - 00:00

Community activists critical of latest local area plan for Dingle

Community activists in Dingle, Co Kerry, officially An Daingean, have blamed housing and planning policies for "shunting local…

Thu Dec 29 2005 - 00:00

Hotels may go to make way for 112 apartments

Wexford County Council's planners are considering a controversial scheme to replace two hotels in the seaside resort of Courtown…

Wed Dec 28 2005 - 00:00

Architects' institute welcomes building Bill

The Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland (RIAI) has welcomed the Building Control Bill, published yesterday, as the culmination…

Fri Dec 23 2005 - 00:00

'Carbon credits' on way to Roche's Christmas stocking

Friends of the Irish Environment (FIE) has sent Minister for the Environment Dick Roche an unusual Christmas present - a certificate…

Thu Dec 22 2005 - 00:00

Radical new tidal energy turbine for North

A revolutionary tidal energy turbine is to be installed next year in Strangford Lough, Co Down, after approval for the development…

Tue Dec 20 2005 - 00:00

Bone meal incinerator given go-ahead

Lagan Cement has secured planning permission from An Bord Pleanála to incinerate up to 50,000 tonnes of meat and bone meal annually…

Tue Dec 20 2005 - 00:00
Climate summit outcome hailed as historic

Climate summit outcome hailed as historic

Canada: The successful outcome of the UN climate-change summit, with the US unexpectedly climbing on board at the last minute…

Mon Dec 12 2005 - 00:00

Delegates move nearer to deal on Kyoto goals

CLIMATE CHANGE: The prospect for a successful outcome to this week's UN climate change summit moved a step closer yesterday …

Fri Dec 09 2005 - 00:00

Economists put pressure on US over emissions

GLOBAL WARMING: The US government came under more pressure yesterday to start dealing with global warming when 25 prominent …

Thu Dec 08 2005 - 00:00

Inuit sue US over melting ice-sheets

ARCTIC: The people of the Arctic, once called Eskimos but more correctly Inuit, are suing the US government on the basis that…

Thu Dec 08 2005 - 00:00

Natural disasters cost insurers €70bn

CANADA: Weather-related natural disasters in 2005 have racked up $200 billion in economic losses, with insured losses running…

Wed Dec 07 2005 - 00:00

NRA criticised on planning response

The National Roads Authority (NRA) has been strongly criticised by An Taisce for failing to lodge an appeal against a proposed…

Fri Dec 02 2005 - 00:00

Academy warns of Irish failures on environment

Failure by the international community to address the issue of global climate change at the forthcoming Montreal summit "will…

Thu Dec 01 2005 - 00:00

Roche defends Government's record on the environment

The Irish public would not recognise the ranking of Ireland by the European Environment Agency (EEA) at the bottom of the European…

Wed Nov 30 2005 - 00:00

Major housing scheme go-ahead reversed

Another major residential scheme in south Co Dublin, which had been given the green light by Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council…

Thu Nov 24 2005 - 00:00

Bord Pleanala rejects large residential schemes in south Dublin

Bord Pleanála has refused planning permission on design and traffic grounds for two major residential schemes in south Co Dublin…

Wed Nov 23 2005 - 00:00

One-third of deputies sign pledge on global warming

With just a week to go to the opening of a UN climate-change summit in Montreal, more than one-third of TDs have signed a Friends…

Mon Nov 21 2005 - 00:00

Increase in car dependency blamed on planning policies

Planning policies are to blame for the sprawl of low-density housing in Ireland that makes people almost wholly car dependent…

Mon Nov 21 2005 - 00:00

Cullen forecasts investment of €1.3bn

Roads: Major road projects which Minister for Transport Martin Cullen expects to start next year include the controversial M3…

Fri Nov 18 2005 - 00:00

€750m for public transport

Transport: €750 million, or over a third of the Department of Transport's overall budget of €2

Fri Nov 18 2005 - 00:00

Geologists get high-speed look at future transportation

High-speed trains will whisk passengers between Dublin, Cork and Belfast in 2050 when the population of Ireland reaches eight…

Sat Nov 12 2005 - 00:00

School wins gold medal for 'uplifting effect'

Ranelagh Multidenominational School in Dublin has won the Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland's (RIAI) gold medal for…

Fri Nov 11 2005 - 00:00

Firms warn of local government crisis

Government policy on funding local councils is directly contributing to the phenomenon of long-distance commuting and "ribbons…

Fri Nov 11 2005 - 00:00

Dublin's future as a high-rise city discounted

Dublin will not become a high-rise city, even though higher building clusters or a limited number of landmark towers at strategic…

Sat Nov 05 2005 - 00:00

Roche appoints Heritage Council

Minister for the Environment Dick Roche has reappointed five outgoing members of the Heritage Council for a further two years…

Wed Nov 02 2005 - 00:00

Support for law to register architects

Nearly 90 per cent of Irish people say they want the Government to bring in legislation requiring architects to be professionally…

Tue Nov 01 2005 - 00:00

Queen's granted planning for #44m library

Queen's University Belfast has obtained planning permission for a major new library building, despite opposition from nearby …

Tue Nov 01 2005 - 00:00

Brothers' action will endanger planning appeal, say residents

A planning appeal against the proposed demolition of a mid-19th century house off North Circular Road in Dublin has been put …

Mon Oct 31 2005 - 00:00

Mourne mountains to become North's first national park

The Mourne mountains are set to become Northern Ireland's first national park, according to Lord (Jeff) Rooker, the North's environment…

Mon Oct 24 2005 - 01:00

Bord Pleanala falling behind its deadlines

A record number of planning appeals has put An Bord Pleanála under such "severe strain" that it has fallen behind statutory deadlines…

Fri Oct 21 2005 - 01:00

Planning chief warns of scant regard for design

Far too many development projects coming before An Bord Pleanála are badly designed and show "scant regard" for location, including…

Fri Oct 21 2005 - 01:00

Scottish Parliament building wins architecture prize

BRITAIN: The Stirling Prize for architecture has been won by the Scottish Parliament in Edinburgh - a controversial building…

Mon Oct 17 2005 - 01:00

Balgaddy town centre plan rejected

An Bord Pleanála appears to have terminated plans by property developers Treasury Holdings to provide a new town centre in Balgaddy…

Thu Oct 13 2005 - 01:00

High energy costs to change lifestyles

Dramatic changes in lifestyle are inevitable as people find themselves having to adapt to high oil prices by driving cars less…

Thu Oct 13 2005 - 01:00

Warning over 'huge' cost of excavating prison site

The 150-acre site in north Co Dublin selected for a new prison complex to replace Mountjoy could cost millions more to excavate…

Tue Oct 11 2005 - 01:00

Protest in Kinnegad against waste plants

About 300 people marched through Kinnegad, Co Westmeath, on Saturday in protest against plans for eight new waste treatment facilities…

Mon Oct 10 2005 - 01:00

Festival seeks to make public love architecture

Architects are setting out to make the public love architecture with a festival of more than 50 free events over the next six…

Mon Oct 03 2005 - 01:00

Designs soon to be invited for Abbey in Docklands

An international architectural competition is to be held for the design of a new Abbey Theatre in Dublin's Custom House Docks…

Mon Sept 05 2005 - 01:00

Crosbie plan for Dublin's 'Point Village' unveiled

Far in advance of securing approval from the Dublin Docklands Development Authority (DDDA), plans were unveiled yesterday for…

Wed Aug 31 2005 - 01:00

Planner says council in 'learning process'

Pressure from the greater Dublin area has been blamed by Laois County Council senior planner Peter Dolan for development in Killinard…

Tue Aug 23 2005 - 01:00

Lack of services in Laois criticised

A Fianna Fáil councillor in Co Laois has blamed the Government for having a lack of vision and failing to provide sufficient …

Tue Aug 16 2005 - 01:00

Kildare council to challenge board ruling

Kildare County Council is taking legal action in the High Court against An Bord Pleanála's decision last June to refuse planning…

Tue Aug 16 2005 - 01:00
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