Rise in child poverty recordedThe numbers of children experiencing consistent poverty increased last year for the first time since 2006 according to the State…Tue Dec 21 2010 - 00:00
City council tenants owe almost €20m in rent arrearsARREARS OF rent owed by tenants of Dublin City Council are set to reach €20 million by the end of this year, with more than a…Mon Dec 20 2010 - 00:00
Final part of M7 to open as dispute settledTHE FINAL section of the long-awaited M7 motorway from Dublin to Limerick is expected to be open before Christmas, the National…Sat Dec 18 2010 - 00:00
Thalidomide survivors to take legal action over compensation packageTHALIDOMIDE SURVIVORS are to take legal action against Minister for Health Mary Harney following her refusal to reconsider the…Fri Dec 17 2010 - 00:00
Restrictions on water supplies to continueRESTRICTIONS TO water supplies to homes and businesses in Dublin and surrounding counties are to continue in some areas until…Tue Dec 14 2010 - 00:00
Andrews says Lenihan's efforts unlikely to block AIB bonusesMINISTER FOR Finance Brian Lenihan would do everything in his power to prevent €40 million in bank bonuses being paid out by …Mon Dec 13 2010 - 00:00
Cuts in Dublin water supplies set to continueCUTS TO water supplies to homes and businesses in the capital are likely to persist throughout the weekend, Dublin City Council…Fri Dec 10 2010 - 00:00
Dwindling levels lead to water supply cutsCUTS TO water supplies throughout Dublin city and county could continue until Christmas, a senior local authority engineer has…Wed Dec 08 2010 - 00:00
Cut to funds for home energy efficiencyENVIRONMENT: GRANTS FOR householders to make their homes more energy efficient will be scrapped from next year and replaced …Wed Dec 08 2010 - 00:00
Local government budget cut by 27%The overall Environment and Local Government budget is taking a hit of 27 per cent from almost €2Tue Dec 07 2010 - 00:00
Water to be curtailed to homes in DublinDUBLIN CITY Council is to start cutting water supplies to homes in the coming days to try to restore volumes in the city’s reservoirs…Tue Dec 07 2010 - 00:00
Residents of 'unsafe' houses in Laois estate criticise support for developerA GROUP of Laois residents say they have been left living in unsafe, badly built, and unsaleable houses in an estate developed…Mon Dec 06 2010 - 00:00
Cool display helps Arab state to land Fifa prizeAN IRISH engineering company is claiming some of the credit for the success of Qatar’s bid to host the 2022 Fifa World Cup.Sat Dec 04 2010 - 00:00
Fears over stocks of perishable itemsRETAILERS' CONCERN: CONCERN IS mounting over dwindling stocks of perishable items in local grocery shops, particularly in rural…Fri Dec 03 2010 - 00:00
Fresh snow storms to cause further transport disruptionFURTHER HEAVY snowfalls are expected today with accumulations of up to 15cm in parts of the country.Fri Dec 03 2010 - 00:00
Dublin has no budget for extreme weather in 2011DUBLIN CITY Council has no budget to deal with “exceptional weather” events next year, city manager John Tierney has said…Tue Nov 30 2010 - 00:00
Residents' groups oppose height plansSOME 48 residents’ groups representing tens of thousands of Dubliners have said the new Dublin City Development Plan will dramatically…Mon Nov 29 2010 - 00:00
Database aims to aid better planningA DATABASE to help prevent the planning mistakes that led to the national glut of unoccupied and unfinished housing estates has…Fri Nov 26 2010 - 00:00
1.2 million homes to be metered for water taxWATER CHARGES: THE DEPARTMENT of the Environment will sustain some of the largest cuts of any department with funding for infrastructure…Thu Nov 25 2010 - 00:00
Councillors vote to restrict building heights in cityA DEVELOPMENT plan which will severely restrict the construction of tall buildings in Dublin city until 2017 was last night agreed…Thu Nov 25 2010 - 00:00
Carbon tax will double to €30 per tonneENVIRONMENT: THE €15 per tonne carbon tax, introduced for the first time in the 2010 budget, is to double over the life of the…Thu Nov 25 2010 - 00:00
Water charges not expected until 2014Household water charges will not be levied next year, and may not be imposed until 2014 following the introduction of a nationwide…Wed Nov 24 2010 - 00:00
Development plan will curb number of new off-licences in Dublin areaTHE OPENING of new off-licences in Dublin city is to be severely restricted for the next five years under a new Dublin City Development…Wed Nov 24 2010 - 00:00
Government pays off €20m Fingal council housing land loan debtsTHE GOVERNMENT has paid off almost €20 million in debts accrued by Fingal County Council on loans for undeveloped housing land…Thu Nov 18 2010 - 00:00
Council offers bike scheme for deliveriesBUSINESSES in Dublin’s city centre are being asked to swap their delivery vans for bicycles to minimise disruption and ensure…Wed Nov 17 2010 - 00:00
Free cheese distribution under wayTHE DISTRIBUTION of some 53 tonnes of free cheese to the poor, announced earlier this month by Minister for Agriculture Brendan…Tue Nov 16 2010 - 00:00
Tributes to 'Riordans' actorTRIBUTES HAVE been paid to Moira Hoey (88) (née Deady), star of the long-running RTÉ drama The Riordans , who died yesterday…Tue Nov 16 2010 - 00:00
Freed pro-democracy leader to be invited to visit DublinBURMESE PRO-DEMOCRACY leader Aung San Suu Kyi is to be invited to Dublin by Lord Mayor Gerry Breen to accept in person the freedom…Mon Nov 15 2010 - 00:00
City council awards €10m contracts for Dublin wasteBORD NA Móna and private waste firm Oxigen have secured six-month contracts worth about €10 million to dispose of Dublin’s general…Fri Nov 12 2010 - 00:00
O'Brien's reduced office plan gets approvalBUSINESSMAN DENIS O’Brien has been granted permission for a five-storey office and retail development on a site in Donnybrook…Fri Nov 12 2010 - 00:00
Half price parking scheme for DublinChristmas shoppers will be able to park for half price on Dublin city streets this year if they sign up to Dublin City Council…Fri Nov 12 2010 - 00:00
Dublin bike scheme set for tenfold expansionA TENFOLD expansion of the Dublin bike scheme from 500 to 5,000 bikes, which will be available to use from UCD to DCU, is planned…Fri Nov 12 2010 - 00:00
Dung catchers to become obligatory under bylawHORSE-DRAWN carriages will be banned from Dublin city unless they are fitted with dung catchers to stop fouling of the streets…Wed Nov 10 2010 - 00:00
Bicycle parking capacity in city to reach 10,000THE NUMBER of bicycle parking stands in Dublin city is to be increased from a current 1,000 to 10,000 over the next 10 years …Wed Nov 10 2010 - 00:00
Glut of housing is laid at door of local authoritiesDUBIOUS DECISIONS made by local authorities are to blame for the glut of so-called “ghost estates” particularly in rural counties…Sat Oct 30 2010 - 01:00
Finucane and O'Callaghan buck trend with huge gains in radio listenershipRTÉ’S FEMALE broadcasters have made huge gains in the radio ratings, with listenership figures for Marian Finucane and Miriam…Fri Oct 29 2010 - 01:00
Planning board grants permission for Metro NorthAN BORD Pleanála has granted permission for the Metro North, but has cut three stops and 2Fri Oct 29 2010 - 01:00
Council in parking row with O'GaraDUBLIN CITY Council is paying a private security firm €1,600- €1,700 a week to deter Athlone businessman Noel O’Gara from seeking…Wed Oct 27 2010 - 01:00
Greenstar says it will not deliver waste to Poolbeg incineratorONE OF the State’s largest private waste companies has said it will not deliver waste to the 600,000- tonne capacity Poolbeg …Tue Oct 26 2010 - 01:00
Council promises to act on condition of flatsDUBLIN CITY Council has promised “immediate action” to address deteriorating conditions at a south inner city flats complex following…Sat Oct 23 2010 - 01:00
Gardaí investigate blaze at landfillGARDAÍ IN co-operation with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) are continuing to investigate the cause of a major fire…Sat Oct 23 2010 - 01:00
More than 43,000 homes lie vacantMORE THAN 2,800 “ghost” estates of some 43,000 unfinished or vacant apartments and houses have been identified by the National…Fri Oct 22 2010 - 01:00
Ministers' promises are cold comfort to forlorn residentsBACKGROUND: The emphasis has to be on local authorities cleaning up their actsFri Oct 22 2010 - 01:00
Minister rejects claim tax breaks fuelled over 2,800 'ghost estates'THE GOVERNMENT has rejected suggestions that tax breaks which encouraged residential development during the boom years fuelled…Fri Oct 22 2010 - 01:00
2,800 ghost estates identifiedMore than 2,800 "ghost" estates - unfinished or vacant housing estates - have been identified by the National Housing Development…Thu Oct 21 2010 - 01:00
Taxi regulator has surplus of €20mTHE COMMISSION for Taxi Regulation is running a surplus of approximately €20 million in income from licensing and applying penalties…Wed Oct 20 2010 - 01:00
Teaching work should go to newly qualified, says unionSCHOOLS ARE employing more than 400 retired teachers for substitute work despite high unemployment among newly qualified graduates…Tue Oct 19 2010 - 01:00
Donegal vote 'before Christmas'A byelection for the vacant Dáil seat in Donegal South West could be held before Christmas, Sinn Féin senator Pearse Doherty …Mon Oct 18 2010 - 01:00
Splitting diagnoses can slow progressARTIFICIALLY SPLITTING conditions such as dyslexia, dyspraxia, Asperger syndrome and attention deficit disorder, could obstruct…Mon Oct 18 2010 - 01:00
Bulbs for bonfires a trick to halt tradition of age-old treatFROM OFFERING free daffodil bulbs to setting up a phone line to report your neighbours, Dublin’s local authorities are employing…Mon Oct 18 2010 - 01:00
