UN cools it in Kenya to sell green idealPsychologists and human behaviour experts are being enlisted by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) to advise on …Fri Feb 07 2003 - 00:00
Restraint on church alterations challengedThe High Court is being asked to determine whether liturgical alterations to a listed Catholic church are exempt from the planning…Thu Feb 06 2003 - 00:00
Council says trucks have been caught at dumping checkpointsWicklow County Council has set up joint checkpoints with the Garda on the N81 Blessington road to catch trucks involved in illegal…Thu Feb 06 2003 - 00:00
Flood inquiry on Meath planning urgedThe Flood Tribunal is being urged to investigate "improper" land rezoning decisions by Meath County Council.Tue Feb 04 2003 - 00:00
Forget smoking ban and restrict air pollution, says US academicThe proposed ban on smoking in pubs and restaurants has been described as "hypocritical" by a US professor, who cited a recent…Mon Feb 03 2003 - 00:00
Councils lose control of waste chargesLocal councillors will no longer have any function in deciding on household waste charges or regional waste management plans …Fri Jan 31 2003 - 00:00
Kitt criticises global action on African crisisETHIOPIA: The "stark contrast" between the US and British build-up of military power in the Gulf and the need for international…Mon Jan 20 2003 - 00:00
In Ethiopia 'relief roads' help save the starvingETHOPIA: The Ethiopian government is following the example of socially-conscious landlords in Ireland during the 1840s by promoting…Sat Jan 18 2003 - 00:00
Snickers analogy highlights impending disasterETHIOPIA: Hungry Ethiopians are receiving emergency food supplies that give them an average of 900 extra calories a month - …Thu Jan 16 2003 - 00:00
New EU standards deadline will not be met, says CullenIreland will not be able to meet the terms of the new EU regulations on drinking-water quality when they come into force on January…Fri Jan 10 2003 - 00:00
30% of group water schemes found to be contaminatedTwenty per cent of public water supplies and more than 30 per cent of private group water schemes have been found to be contaminated…Fri Jan 10 2003 - 00:00
Carbon tax to meet Kyoto to mean dearer fuelThe Minister for the Environment, Mr Cullen, has warned his Cabinet colleagues of the serious consequences for Ireland of failing…Fri Jan 10 2003 - 00:00
Dublin Port tunnel costs rise to Euro 625 millionThe Dublin Port Tunnel's overall cost has risen to €625 million, or €139 million per kilometre, making it by far the most expensive…Thu Jan 09 2003 - 00:00
'Planning' rights flouted, says groupThe Minister for the Environment, Mr Cullen, has been told of "widespread planning maladministration" by local authorities, resulting…Wed Jan 08 2003 - 00:00
Alliance pushes for rail freight growthCoillte Teoranta, the State forestry company, has joined forces with major private sector companies to press the Minister for…Wed Jan 08 2003 - 00:00
Future of scenic island hangs on rezoning voteCork County Council will decide next Monday whether to rezone substantial tracts of land for "general development" on scenic …Tue Jan 07 2003 - 00:00
Council uses new technology to find dumpsTechnologies developed by the US military, such as satellite imagery and overflights by light aircraft using infra-red photography…Tue Jan 07 2003 - 00:00
Airport link to be partly under groundThe Minister for Transport, Mr Brennan, is expected to opt for a part-underground metro link to Dublin Airport costing at least…Mon Jan 06 2003 - 00:00
Investigation of Wicklow dump to resumeWicklow County Council will resume its investigation on Monday of a potentially enormous illegal dump on lands owned by Roadstone…Fri Jan 03 2003 - 00:00
City manager queries political role in rezoningThe Dublin city manager, Mr John Fitzgerald, has queried whether it is "right to burden unpaid councillors with sole discretion…Fri Jan 03 2003 - 00:00
Ombudsman to enforce environment laws urgedThe Government is being urged by An Taisce to appoint an independent environmental ombudsman or "enforcer" with sweeping powers…Fri Jan 03 2003 - 00:00
Canada ratification brings Kyoto closerCanada's ratification of the 1997 Kyoto Protocol on Climate Change brings the treaty's total membership to 100 and it now requires…Sat Dec 21 2002 - 00:00
TDs made few written requests on spatial strategyMost of the lobbying in relation to the National Spatial Strategy must have taken place around the Cabinet table or in the form…Fri Dec 20 2002 - 00:00
McCreevy used position to lobby for constituentThe Minister for Finance, Mr McCreevy, used his Cabinet post to lobby on behalf of a constituent who was building a house without…Thu Dec 19 2002 - 00:00
Cork school still awaits sanctionThe new Cork School of Music, intended as a flagship for Cork's year as European City of Culture in 2005, may not be built in…Fri Dec 13 2002 - 00:00
Firms urged to come clean on green recordCompanies should disclose information on their environmental track record in annual reports and communicate it in a manner accessible…Thu Dec 12 2002 - 00:00
Wind industry criticises BudgetThe Irish wind-power industry claims it has been "nipped in the bud" by last week's Budget, threatening Ireland's ability to …Wed Dec 11 2002 - 00:00
New bridge to swing open for shipsDublin is to get another pedestrian bridge over the Liffey, linking City Quay with Custom House QuayTue Dec 10 2002 - 00:00
Conservation is king in the Boyne ValleyConservation "must take precedence" over public access to the megalithic passage tombs of the Boyne Valley, according to a management…Tue Dec 10 2002 - 00:00
Strategy envisages balanced regional growthThe National Spatial Strategy, launched yesterday, is a 20-year planning framework designed to achieve a better balance of social…Fri Nov 29 2002 - 00:00
Population of Dublin area could reach 2.2m by 2020Curtailing the Greater Dublin Area's share of the State's population at its current level of around 40 per cent, or reducing …Fri Nov 29 2002 - 00:00
An Taisce proposes increase in petrol priceThe price of petrol should be increased by several cents a litre as part of a general move towards "greening" the taxation system…Wed Nov 27 2002 - 00:00
Climate is getting warmer and wetterIreland is getting warmer and wetter, with swallows arriving earlier and frosts later, in trends that mirror global climate change…Tue Nov 26 2002 - 00:00
Cullen sees carbon taxes as way to cut emissionsThe Government must "bite the bullet" on carbon taxes to avoid hundreds of millions of euro in fines for breaching the Kyoto …Tue Nov 26 2002 - 00:00
Government told roads' plan could cost at least €22bnThe Government has been told the roads programme in the National Development Plan could cost €22 billion, or more, unless "immediate…Mon Nov 25 2002 - 00:00
Government to receive €100,000 per year for aquatic centre rentalThe Government will receive a rent of €100,000 per annum for five years, and 10 per cent of net profits thereafter, from its €…Mon Nov 25 2002 - 00:00
Award for conversion of barracks into museumThe National Museum at Collins Barracks has received the premier award for conservation from the Royal Institute of the Architects…Fri Nov 22 2002 - 00:00
Disability Authority produces design guideEverybody has a basic right to be able to make full use of the buildings and environments where they live, work and visit, said…Wed Nov 20 2002 - 00:00
Council to begin interim flood defencesDublin City Council is to advance work on flood defences in the areas of the city worst affected by last week's flooding of the…Wed Nov 20 2002 - 00:00
Villagers win fight to halt housing schemeAn Taisce has welcomed An Bord Pleanála's decision to refuse planning permission, for the second time in two years, for a suburban…Wed Nov 20 2002 - 00:00
Planning institute head says public trust in system must be restoredPlanners must start working to restore public trust in the planning system in the wake of the Flood tribunal's revelations of…Fri Nov 15 2002 - 00:00
Council defends date alteration on fileClare County Council has denied that there was anything wrong in altering the official date-stamp on a planning application earlier…Fri Nov 15 2002 - 00:00
First time buyers grant abolishedHOUSING: The abolition of the €3,610 first-time house-buyers' grants, with immediate effect, was just one of the "tough choices…Fri Nov 15 2002 - 00:00
Luas to preserve 17th-century stable ruinsThe Luas electricity sub-station due for construction in Lower O'Connell Street, Dublin, is to be relocated northwards by three…Thu Nov 14 2002 - 00:00
Ryanair appeals against new Pier D at Dublin AirportRyanair has appealed to An Bord Pleanála against Fingal County Council's decision to approve plans by Aer Rianta for a new pier…Wed Nov 13 2002 - 00:00
Bono sees a Dublin 'defaced' by developersThe once "extraordinary" city of Dublin has been "defaced and vandalised" through "corruption and cronyism", according to Bono…Wed Nov 13 2002 - 00:00
Planning Act invalidated third of appeals to An Bord PleanalaMore than a third of appeals to An Bord Pleanála by third-party objectors were declared invalid as a result of restrictions imposed…Tue Nov 12 2002 - 00:00
Recycling grants to councils cut by €5mRecycling grants to local authorities have become the latest victim of cutbacks, with the allocation for this year cut to €15…Sat Nov 09 2002 - 00:00
Shutting down Sellafield unsafe, says UK ministerShutting down Sellafield would be "the most irresponsible option of all" because of the vast legacy of nuclear waste held there…Fri Nov 08 2002 - 00:00
Council protects historic astronomical siteWestmeath County Council has responded to lobbying by scientists by moving to protect a country house near Streete where important…Fri Nov 08 2002 - 00:00
