Free public transport would incentivise excessive travel, says reportEliminating fares for buses and trains would result in just 1% reduction in car travel, Ernst and Young tells NTAWed Mar 08 2023 - 19:18
Unused planning permission for thousands of apartments a social housing opportunity, conference hearsState now the ‘only game in town’ for developers, economist tells Focus Ireland conferenceTue Mar 07 2023 - 18:34
Planning Bill would cause ‘erosion of environmental democracy’, Dáil committee hearsEnvironmental groups argue that draft Bill would make it more difficult for public to hold authorities to accountTue Feb 28 2023 - 21:03
Almost 10,000 Dublin council houses receive energy upgradeTen-year retrofitting programme a saving for tenants of more than €70m in bills, according to city councilMon Feb 27 2023 - 00:15
Call for additional resources to meet ambitions of new planning BillSystem needs more “bums on seats”, Irish Planning Institute tells Oireachtas Housing CommitteeThu Feb 23 2023 - 20:51
Questioning CSO housing figures ‘very dangerous’, Darragh O’Brien saysSinn Fein’s Eoin Ó Broin pressed Minister for Housing over discrepancy in 2022′s numbersThu Feb 23 2023 - 17:24
Report warns Dublin City Council against resuming bin collectionsCouncillors voted nearly four years ago to resume waste collection to combat illegal dumpingWed Feb 22 2023 - 06:03
Bids to replace Ballymun shopping centre soughtDublin City Council wants apartments and commercial development on site of building demolished two years agoWed Feb 22 2023 - 05:00
Time running out for dublinbikes advertising panels Advertiser JC Decaux permitted to use public space for outdoor advertising for 15 years in return for bike schemeWed Feb 22 2023 - 00:01
Councillors to urge Oireachtas not to ‘diminish democracy’ in new planning BillBill could erode local authority powers, councillors’ representative body will tell Oireachtas housing committeeTue Feb 21 2023 - 00:03
Coalition under growing last-minute pressure on hospitality cost of living measures The 9% VAT rate currently in place for the industry is due to expire at the end of the month, when it will revert to the previous 13.5% figureWed Feb 15 2023 - 20:00
Dublin City Council pays 40% over the odds for construction of social housing, audit findsPublic policy expert commissioned by the council said council’s ability to manage costs was ‘severely restricted’Wed Feb 15 2023 - 19:25
Work to start on 2.1km cycle path along Royal Canal in Dublin at a cost of €30mProject part of planned 277km greenway linking capital to GalwayWed Feb 15 2023 - 17:58
‘We know help is needed’: Paschal Donohoe indicates cost-of-living supports likely to continueMinister says inflation coming down but high prices still having an impact on living standards in IrelandWed Feb 15 2023 - 13:18
Air pollution on every Dublin street mapped in 16-month studyProject Air View allows Dubliners to see air quality outside homes and throughout cityTue Feb 14 2023 - 17:24
Dublin city councillors authorise legal defence of development plan Pat Crean of Marlet’s constitutional challenge centres on decision to change zoning of site beside St Anne’s Park to ‘open space’ useMon Feb 13 2023 - 20:44
Council set to ‘fully defend’ developer’s challenge to house-building ban on site near St Anne’s ParkPat Crean of Marlet’s constitutional challenge centres on decision to change zoning to ‘open space’ useMon Feb 13 2023 - 00:00
Two decades late: O’Devaney Gardens’ tortured route to breaking groundSign on site still advertises project as part of the 2000-2006 National Development PlanFri Feb 10 2023 - 17:21
O’Devaney Gardens redevelopment to start this monthConstruction of more than 1,000 apartments up to 14 storeys to start near Phoenix ParkFri Feb 10 2023 - 16:17
National road safety strategy ‘not working’, says Dublin City Council head of trafficStrategy needs ‘significant overhaul’ to address distracted driving, official warnsThu Feb 09 2023 - 12:35
An Bord Pleanála and planning regulator caution against fines for delayed decisionsDraft planning Bill includes penalties for failing to meet planning decision deadlinesThu Feb 09 2023 - 05:05
New planning board to face penalties for missing deadlinesLegislation aims to reduce the number of judicial reviews, Oireachtas committee will hearTue Feb 07 2023 - 06:53
Flights at Dublin Airport diverted for third time after illegal drone activity reportsAt least three flights were diverted to Belfast and Shannon following the latest incidentMon Feb 06 2023 - 22:03
Major IT breach forces Munster Technological University to halt classes‘Significant’ incident will result in complete shutdown of teaching on Cork campuses for at least two daysMon Feb 06 2023 - 20:32
Antrim football club alleges sectarian incident at matchCrumlin Star Football Club said a number of ‘so-called Islandmagee FC supporters’ levelled ‘torrent of sectarian abuse’Sun Feb 05 2023 - 21:29
Man in his 20s dies in single-vehicle Galway crashDriver of car receiving medical attention at Portiuncula University HospitalSun Feb 05 2023 - 19:38
Vacant Victorian flats refurbished for social housing after 18 years of derelictionTuath Housing redeveloped Ellis Court on Benburb Street, Dublin at a cost of €9 millionThu Feb 02 2023 - 16:48
Almost €300m for cycling and walking in 2023More than 40 per cent of active travel fund to be spent in DublinWed Feb 01 2023 - 20:19
Residential energy customers subventing business ‘right call’, says Eamon RyanHouseholds paid additional €50m a year for more than a decadeWed Feb 01 2023 - 17:06
International group to tour country to assess Ireland’s progress on violence against womenGrevio committee will examine State’s implementation of the Istanbul Convention during visit this weekMon Jan 30 2023 - 05:00
Built for €6m in 2009 but never opened, Dublin’s ‘ghost’ station to get €3.8m refitKishoge train station was built 14 years ago at a cost of €6.3m and ‘extensive works’ are needed to refurbish and upgrade itMon Jan 30 2023 - 00:00
Metrolink and new Luas lines in €25bn Dublin transport planTwenty-year strategy will govern future rail development in the capitalTue Jan 24 2023 - 13:27
€25 billion Dublin transport plan to be publishedProposals will govern future rail development in the capital and surrounding countiesTue Jan 24 2023 - 05:00
‘Will we meet under Clerys’ clock?’ Revamped department store set to open before summer Restored clock is unveiled on Tuesday ahead of retail early in the second quarter of the yearTue Jan 17 2023 - 13:32
Dún Laoghaire ‘locals’ prioritised for 30% of affordable housing in areaBuyers in Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown must have lived there for eight years to be at top of queue for discounted homesThu Jan 12 2023 - 19:00
First look at proposed all-season heated public pool for Dublin’s George’s Dock Proposals for Olympic-scale 50-metre all-season heated pool presented to councillorsTue Jan 10 2023 - 15:35
Lack of free NYE events in Dublin ‘appalling’, council meeting hearsCouncillors criticise blocking off of Liffey quayside for ticketed concertMon Jan 09 2023 - 22:06
Artists’ livelihood ‘at risk’ over Merrion Square cycle-path planDublin City Council’s segregated cycle-lane initiative would remove 31 parking spaces used by artists on SundaysMon Jan 09 2023 - 18:11
Survey records ‘spectacular’ improvement in cleanliness of Dublin cityMahon in Cork is deemed to be the dirtiest place in IrelandMon Jan 09 2023 - 00:01
New Dublin cycle schemes will deliver 60km of segregated bike lanes by 2024 City council outlines 30 infrastructure plans over next few years to provide safer facilities for cyclists and pedestriansSun Jan 08 2023 - 19:00
Dublin’s ‘iconic’ Constitution Hill flats to undergo €44.5m revamp Council will add extra storey to old blocks and build two new seven-storey blocks and 10 houses to create total of 124 homesSat Jan 07 2023 - 06:00
Bus lanes in Ranelagh and car parking at Merrion Square to be reallocated for cyclistsMeasures to create continuous segregated cycling routes are part of Dublin City Council’s new ‘active travel’ plansThu Jan 05 2023 - 15:27
Townsend Street flats regeneration to start eight years after project approved Peter McVerry Trust to provide 20 permanent social homes in 100-year-old complexThu Jan 05 2023 - 05:00
Work set to begin on Liffey Street plaza with trees, benches and bicycle standsWork to create pedestrian zone beside Ha’penny Bridge to take up to two yearsWed Jan 04 2023 - 05:00
Long-derelict Dublin city site to be redeveloped as social housing by McVerry TrustFishamble Street site previously designated for ‘mom and pop developer’ schemeMon Jan 02 2023 - 05:00
Liffey cyclepath plan with boardwalks set to be shelved as cost estimate hits €100mDublin City Council chief says further traffic management measures will be considered along quays in place of ‘gold-plated’ schemeFri Dec 30 2022 - 03:00
Harry Crosbie threatens legal action against Dublin Port Company over ship ownershipDocklands businessman wants Kittiwake vessel returned: ‘Give me my ship back or else I’ll bash you’Thu Dec 29 2022 - 18:53
Owen Keegan: ‘We disagree fundamentally with those groups... who continue to promote and sustain rough sleeping’Interview: With just nine months left in his job as Dublin City Council chief executive, Owen Keegan remains direct and unapologetic about his viewsThu Dec 29 2022 - 05:00
Council to target Dublin church sites in major land-buying programmeExisting low-rise estates may be considered for demolition to make better use of land for housing, Dublin City Council chief executive saysThu Dec 29 2022 - 04:00
Strawberry Beds bridge conservation to begin in weeksWork will include repairs to iron and stone on Farmleigh Bridge but will not see it reopenedWed Dec 28 2022 - 13:05
