Should mayors rule the world?Cities and their leaders can often achieve things that central governments cannot. Politicians will be asking this weekend whether Dublin would benefit from a directly elected mayorSat Sept 21 2013 - 01:00
Bull Island site offered if Dublin Port Company get planning permissionCompany to spend €150 million on new facilitiesThu Sept 19 2013 - 01:00
Priory Hall solution deadline of 21 daysTaoiseach and Minister for Environment commit to resolving issueTue Sept 17 2013 - 01:01
Georgian Dublin ‘needs the wealthy to return’Fitzwilliam or Merrion Square should be Dublin’s MayfairSat Sept 14 2013 - 01:00
Traffic plan for Dublin may not see light of day, says councilSenior council officials say they had no input into National Transport Authority’s proposalFri Sept 13 2013 - 07:33
Rural cycleway plans thrown into doubtBoard Pleanála refuses new cyclepath from Tralee to DingleFri Sept 13 2013 - 01:00
Minister for Environment scraps plans to introduce packaging levyNo deposit-and-return scheme to be introducedWed Sept 11 2013 - 22:28
Parking charges generate €360 million a yearLocal authorities make most from car park chargesWed Sept 11 2013 - 01:00
Five-fold increase in cycling lanes planned for greater DublinTarget set of increasing numbers cycling each morning to 75,000 by 2021Tue Sept 10 2013 - 14:44
Dublin’s five Georgian squares could be rejuvenatedSquares could be ‘cultural and social hubs’, says civic trustThu Sept 05 2013 - 01:00
Changes to St Stephen’s Green traffic by NovemberAltered routes will divert cars and buses from new Luas lineMon Sept 02 2013 - 11:00
Developers sought for €200 million DIT campus at GrangegormanDublin Institute of Technology is to move to central campus from 2017Sat Aug 31 2013 - 01:00
Greyhound says up to 10% of bin tags counterfeitSale of fake tags costing waste firm more than €100,000 annuallySat Aug 31 2013 - 01:00
Alfie Byrne memorial gets reprieve from Dublin councilCouncil apologises to artist St Ledger and agrees to discuss restorationThu Aug 29 2013 - 01:00
Urban beach and heated sea pool for Dún Laoghaire€2.5 million facility could be in place by summer 2015Wed Aug 28 2013 - 01:00
New but nameless, we can cross that Liffey bridge when we come to it (in February)A new bridge for the new year as bridge across the Liffey nears completionMon Aug 26 2013 - 01:03
Strategy to regenerate one of Dublin’s first post-medieval streetsAungier Street has some of the city’s oldest housesFri Aug 23 2013 - 01:00
Artist angered by council’s failure to protect Alfie Byrne seatAndrew St Ledger said Dublin City Council neglected memorial and has ‘belittled’ his workThu Aug 22 2013 - 14:02
Molly and her barrow to be wheeled on for Luas worksStatue is one of several moving to make way for cross-city lineThu Aug 22 2013 - 01:01
Vandalised Alfie Byrne monument to be removedDublin memorial to 10-times lord mayor ‘beyond repair’, city council saysThu Aug 22 2013 - 01:00
Video: Phoenix Park tunnel ‘no alternative to Dart Underground’Tunnel could take passengers from Connolly to Heuston in eight minutesTue Aug 20 2013 - 01:00
State’s first co-operative housing rental scheme redevelopedGreenlawns Cooperative in Coolock refurbished and extendedMon Aug 19 2013 - 09:39
Dublin’s Victorian fruit market to be redevelopedWholesalers to share building with a continental-style market and cafesMon Aug 19 2013 - 08:07
Planning Minister Jan O’Sullivan backs mayor’s proposed vacant site levyMove designed to prevent land hoarding, which leads to unused sites in city centresMon Aug 19 2013 - 01:30
Practical plan for Dublin market has realistic chance of successBoom-era scheme was never about the foodMon Aug 19 2013 - 01:00
Road safety body urges drivers to be aware of cyclists at junctionsDeath of cyclist in Blackrock brings number of cyclist fatalities this year to fiveSat Aug 17 2013 - 01:00
Peter McVerry Trust to take over youth homeless facilityDublin 8 unit will continue to serve 18 to 26-year-olds and will remain ‘drug free’ chief executive Pat Doyle saysFri Aug 16 2013 - 01:00
Jan O’Sullivan seeks review of law for tenants under control of receiversUnder current laws receiver has right to demand rent, but no legal responsibilities to tenants, says Minister of State for HousingThu Aug 15 2013 - 22:36
U2 stars fight for their ‘skycatcher’City council refused to extend permission for Clarence Hotel revampFri Aug 09 2013 - 01:00
Bus strike costs Dublin business €2 -€4 million a dayAll sides have a moral responsibility to end dispute, says Dublin City Business AssociationWed Aug 07 2013 - 01:00
Trains and trams busy but movingAlternatives to Dublin Bus coping with extra passengersWed Aug 07 2013 - 01:00
Noise restrictions to be imposed for Dublin public parksRoad, rail and construction noise to be curbedTue Aug 06 2013 - 22:09
Council wants ‘mom and pop developers’ to build own homesOwner-occupiers with a commitment to city living will be invited to tender for plotsTue Aug 06 2013 - 01:00
Hogan describes bin charge increases as ‘opportunistic’Minister says some firms using landfill levy as ‘smokescreen’ for price increasesTue Aug 06 2013 - 01:00
Thomas Street fights back against vacancy and derelictionHistoric street took battering during boomTue Aug 06 2013 - 01:00
Vacancy poses risk to historic buildingsVacancy rates in Dublin’s commercial buildings rise nearly 60% in four yearsTue Aug 06 2013 - 01:00
OPW targeted for criticism over vacant sitesIll-fated decentralisation programme did OPW image no favours with more than €40 million spent on sites around the State which were never usedMon Aug 05 2013 - 06:59
Developers may be forced to sell vacant sitesCouncil seeks measure to clean up city centreMon Aug 05 2013 - 01:00
Everyone stumps up cash except land hoardersOwners of vacant sites contribute nothing to local authoritiesMon Aug 05 2013 - 01:00
Dublin City Council says 235 vacant sites in city holding back developmentCouncil seeks to impose levy as efforts made to match 27 hectares to ownersMon Aug 05 2013 - 01:00
Should Dubliners opt for a directly elected mayor?Plebiscite to be held in May on the same day as the local electionsSat Jul 27 2013 - 13:05
Owner of Dublin house where blaze broke out has fire safety convictionSix treated for smoke inhalation after incident at Phibsborough property owned by ex- GardaFri Jul 26 2013 - 14:25
Water meter installation to start next weekWork to begin in Kildare, concentrating on the towns of Maynooth, Leixlip and CelbridgeFri Jul 26 2013 - 12:57
Consultants sought to conduct independent planning reviewReview to take no more than five months once bidder selectedFri Jul 26 2013 - 01:00
First water bills will arrive in January 2015Minister for the Environment says household water leaks will be fixed for freeWed Jul 24 2013 - 19:00
Dublin forum to weigh options for elected mayor postMore than 60% of survey respondents want directly elected mayorWed Jul 24 2013 - 01:23
Dubliners want to elect their mayor, poll findsSurvey finds 61% want official with wide powers over transport, waste, housing and policingWed Jul 24 2013 - 01:05
Historian says Luas line passing Trinity would destroy well associated with St PatrickRailway Procurement Agency says the holy well was mapped incorrectlyTue Jul 23 2013 - 01:00
Fast-track planning for Dublin docklands approvedNew planning zone will govern development of 66 hectaresTue Jul 23 2013 - 01:00
Online hate-speech ‘accounts for 10 per cent of racism’Immigrant Council marks European Day for the Victims of HateMon Jul 22 2013 - 07:37
