Study recommends that Royal Canal be developed for recreation and tourismTHE Royal Canal, completed 200 years ago, should be developed as a significant public amenity for recreation and tourism, according…Mon Jan 22 1996 - 00:00
Heritage Council concerned at "destruction of wildlife habitat"IRELAND is in serious breach of European law by failing to incorporate the EU Habitats Directive into Irish law and could face…Mon Jan 22 1996 - 00:00
Experts divided on Roman "invasion" claimARCHAEOLOGISTS are divided over the claim that the Romans may have invaded Ireland after all establishing a castrum, or fortified…Mon Jan 22 1996 - 00:00
Howlin rejects EU right to query plantTHE Minister for the Environment, Mr Howlin, has strongly disputed the European Commission's right to query the controversial…Fri Jan 19 1996 - 00:00
Conference centre to be located in RDS if it can pay for itselfTHE RDS is to be the location for a 2,000 seat national conference centre provided the facility can be operated without a public…Fri Jan 19 1996 - 00:00
EU indicates it will not aid Galway sewage plantTHE Minister for the Environment, Mr Howl in, will face a tough task getting over £20 million in EU funding for the Mutton Island…Thu Jan 18 1996 - 00:00
Competition for £25m national convention centre scrappedSERIOUS doubts have been cast over the prospect of providing a national convention centre following a snap decision to abandon…Wed Jan 17 1996 - 00:00
Ireland to "harness support" within EU on UK nuclear sitesREMOVING the threat to Ireland from Sellafield and other nuclear installations on Britain's west coast will involve "persuading…Mon Jan 15 1996 - 00:00
Stagg leads Government case against UK nuclear waste dumpTHE GOVERNMENT is working towards taking legal action against Britain over the potential threat of radioactive contamination …Sat Jan 13 1996 - 00:00
Fears of Trojan horse if Nirex goes undergroundNIREX is the latest name to conjure with in the growing nuclear vocabulary surrounding SellafieldSat Jan 13 1996 - 00:00
Sellafield storage plan flawed, says geologistNEW evidence from one of Britain's leading geologists suggesting that plans to store nuclear waste underground at Sellafield …Thu Jan 11 1996 - 00:00
Sellafield development seen as step towards dumping N wasteTHE development of an underground rock laboratory at Sellafield is seen by the Government as a first step towards dumping "very…Wed Jan 10 1996 - 00:00
Galway sewage plant to go aheadTHE Minister for the Environment, Mr Howlin, has decided to go ahead with the controversial £23 million sewage treatment plant…Wed Jan 10 1996 - 00:00
Broadstone railway terminal is decaying among the Dublin ruins but FrankMcDonald, Environment Correspondent, reports on an engine of change to get the old train station back on the railsRESIDENTS of the Broadstone area of Dublin - flushed with the success after their campaign to restore Blessington Street Basin…Tue Jan 09 1996 - 00:00
Cut population with `green sex' Bellamy pleadsTHE BIGGEST environmental issue worldwide for the remaining four years of the 20th century will be sex, according to the environmentalist…Tue Jan 09 1996 - 00:00
Government set to reject proposal for airport at BaldonnelGovernment is to be advised later this month that the plan to develop Casement Aerodrome, Baldonnel, as a civil airport is not…Tue Jan 09 1996 - 00:00
Report claims school runs contribute to asthma epidemicCHILDREN returning to school today after the Christmas break should be walking or cycling rather than being chauffeured by their…Mon Jan 08 1996 - 00:00
Reason why chemical train derailed still not knownIARNROD Eireann has given an assurance that its transport of hazardous cargos complies fully with international regulations.Mon Jan 08 1996 - 00:00
Feely to retire next May after 17 years as Dublin City ManagerTHE Dublin city manager, Mr Frank Feely, is to retire on May 13th - his 65th birthday - after 17 years in officeSat Jan 06 1996 - 00:00
Capital job suited man who bestrode city like a colossusIF ANYONE could be said to have "run" Dublin over the past 16 years, it is Frank FeelySat Jan 06 1996 - 00:00
Firms combine to appeal against decision allowing Arnotts extensionAN TAISCE, the Light House Cinema, Independent Newspapers and Telecom Eireann are all appellants against Dublin Corporation's…Fri Jan 05 1996 - 00:00
Developers to challenge curbs on Smithfield planTHE developers of a proposed £40 million refurbishment of the Smithfield area of Dublin are to appeal to An Bord Pleanala over…Fri Jan 05 1996 - 00:00
Ryanair waiting for Government clearance on £50m development of Baldonnel airportRYANAIR hopes to open a second Dublin airport at Casement Aerodrome, Baldonnel, by the end of October 1998, assuming it receives…Wed Jan 03 1996 - 00:00
Community groups join forces to fight the rise of the phone mastCOMMUNITY groups opposing the proliferation of masts throughout the Republic have formed an organisation, the Safe Communications…Wed Jan 03 1996 - 00:00
Roads authority asked to switch to use of concreteTHE Irish Concrete Society is waging a campaign to persuade the National Roads Authority to switch from tarmac to concrete lord…Tue Jan 02 1996 - 00:00
