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
Council seeks leave to offload €30m debtAPPROVAL TO offload more than €30 million in debts accrued by Dublin City Council on loans for some 30 hectares of undeveloped…Mon Oct 18 2010 - 01:00
Copy of Poolbeg incinerator contract goes to councillorsA COPY of the contract between Dublin City Council and the developers of the Poolbeg incinerator, Covanta, has been released …Thu Oct 14 2010 - 01:00
Dublin business group seeks to revive rejuvenation plans for 'city markets'PLANS TO redevelop Dublin city’s Victorian fruit and vegetable markets and surrounding area that collapsed two years ago are …Tue Oct 12 2010 - 01:00
Previous plans McNamara deals scrappedTHE REGENERATION of the Charlemont Street/Tom Kelly flats was initially planned before the collapse in 2008 of the five Bernard…Mon Oct 11 2010 - 01:00
Council agrees deal for regeneration of city flatsA DUBLIN INNER city flats complex, parts of which date from 1944, is to be the first housing regeneration scheme built in the…Mon Oct 11 2010 - 01:00
Poolbeg incinerator work set to restartCONSTRUCTION OF the controversial Poolbeg incinerator could restart within months following the decision of An Bord Pleanála …Wed Oct 06 2010 - 01:00
Regeneration of Dolphin House flats 'years away'THE REGENERATION of dilapidated 1950s flat complex Dolphin House is “years away”, Dublin City Council has told residents who …Wed Oct 06 2010 - 01:00
