Council says car ban needed to unclog cityA PERMANENT ban on cars crossing Dublin city centre may have to be introduced to avoid the city grinding to a halt, a new report…Fri Oct 24 2008 - 01:00
Daytime dipped headlights urged over bank holidayTHE ROAD Safety Authority is urging motorists to use dipped headlights during the daytime over the bank holiday weekend.Fri Oct 24 2008 - 01:00
Daytime dipped headlights urged over bank holidayTHE ROAD Safety Authority is urging motorists to use dipped headlights during the daytime over the bank holiday weekend.Fri Oct 24 2008 - 01:00
Ratifying Lisbon would help Ireland with EUIRELAND’S “TARNISHED” reputation within the EU and the wider world could be redeemed if it ratified the Lisbon Treaty, secretary…Thu Oct 23 2008 - 01:00
Minister defends end of affordable housing scheme in favour of repayment planMINISTER for Housing Michael Finneran has defended the decision to scrap the affordable housing scheme in favour of a new plan…Wed Oct 22 2008 - 01:00
Budget cuts put rights at risk, says AmnestyTHE DECISION to cut funding for two key human rights organisations in last week's budget could spell their demise, executive …Tue Oct 21 2008 - 01:00
New low in house-building numbersTHE NUMBER of houses being built across the State has hit a new low with construction starting on two-thirds fewer houses in …Tue Oct 21 2008 - 01:00
Talks with doctors already under way - HarneyMINISTER FOR Health Mary Harney has said that although the Government cannot negotiate with the IMO, her department was not precluded…Tue Oct 21 2008 - 01:00
Capel Street to be revamped under city council initiativeNEON SIGNS, visible sex-shop paraphernalia and gaudy shopfront displays are to be banned from Dublin's Capel Street under a new…Mon Oct 20 2008 - 01:00
End decentralisation limbo says chamber of commerceTHE GOVERNMENT must make a decision on the future of decentralisation to stop towns and businesses being left in limbo for more…Thu Oct 16 2008 - 01:00
Councillors say house tax will not offset funding cutSECOND HOME: PLANS TO fund local authorities through a new €200 annual tax on second homes have fallen flat, with some city …Thu Oct 16 2008 - 01:00
Property tax may net €80mSECOND-HOME TAX: THE OWNERS of second houses, including holiday homes and investment properties, are to be hit with a new annual…Wed Oct 15 2008 - 01:00
Disappointment for regions as 5,000 jobs stay in DublinDECENTRALISATION: ALMOST 40 regional towns are to lose out on the transfer of more than 5,000 jobs from Dublin following the…Wed Oct 15 2008 - 01:00
Plan to demolish 1901 school blockedDUBLIN CITY councillors have voted to block the Holy Faith Sisters from demolishing their 100-year-old secondary school on Haddington…Tue Oct 14 2008 - 01:00
Missing crane may delay U2 TowerTHE DUBLIN Docklands Authority is seeking to remove an old maritime crane from the Record of Protected Structures (RPS) to facilitate…Tue Oct 14 2008 - 01:00
FG tells council not to raise ratesFINE GAEL has ordered its members on Dublin City Council not to raise commercial rates or charges in the council's 2009 budget…Mon Oct 13 2008 - 01:00
Council insists on control of waste collectionASSISTANT DUBLIN city manager Matt Twomey has accused private waste firms of "cherry-picking" waste collection routes.Mon Oct 13 2008 - 01:00
Division of council areas favours Greens - FGTHE DIVISION of Dublin's local government electoral areas, which will split the south-city village of Sandymount in two, is designed…Mon Oct 13 2008 - 01:00
Local government fund to be reducedENVIRONMENT: THE DEPARTMENT of the Environment will have almost €13 million more to spend next year.Sat Oct 11 2008 - 01:00
Online child sexual abuse a 'crime scene'INTERNET IMAGES of children being sexually abused are crime scenes, not just pornography, and require a greater global policing…Sat Oct 11 2008 - 01:00
40 rental locations for city bike planTHE LONG-AWAITED bicycle rental scheme for Dublin city has moved a step closer with the announcement by Dublin City Council of…Fri Oct 10 2008 - 01:00
Nursing home Bill changes method of fee paymentTHE LONG-AWAITED legislation for a new system of nursing home funding, which allows older people and their familes to pay nursing…Fri Oct 10 2008 - 01:00
City boss pledges to maintain servicesDUBLIN CITY manager John Tierney has said he does not intend to cut services or cancel infrastructure projects, despite facing…Wed Oct 08 2008 - 01:00
Regulated gambling could create 13,000 jobs, report saysCASINOS AND ONLINE gambling sites could create 13,000 new jobs and generate €280 million in exchequer returns by 2020, according…Wed Oct 08 2008 - 01:00
Letter campaign in favour of towerDEVELOPER SEÁN Dunne orchestrated a large-scale letter-writing campaign to persuade Dublin City Council to grant permission for…Wed Oct 01 2008 - 01:00
Council in talks over housing schemesDUBLIN CITY Council has entered into negotiations with Boston firm Corcoran Jennison in relation to two of the five major social…Tue Sept 30 2008 - 01:00
Youth group calls for voting age to be lowered ahead of European electionsA YOUNG people’s campaign group is calling for the voting age to be reduced to 16 years ahead of next year’s local and European…Tue Sept 30 2008 - 01:00
Expert's high-rise evidence was biased, says barristerBARRISTER Colm Mac Eochaidh, representing 21 appellants opposing Seán Dunne’s high-rise plans for Ballsbridge, has threatened…Sat Sept 27 2008 - 01:00
Embassy in Dunne's high-rise application is 'fraud'THE INCLUSION of an embassy block in the planning application for Seán Dunne's high-rise scheme for Ballsbridge was a "fraud" …Thu Sept 25 2008 - 01:00
Conservation expert denies biasTHE LEGAL representative for 21 appellants opposing Sean Dunne’s plans for Ballsbridge has accused a conservation expert engaged…Wed Sept 24 2008 - 01:00
Ballsbridge architect accused of 'cynical' designThe Danish architect behind Sean Dunne’s high-rise tower for Ballsbridge was today accused of being “cynical” in his design of…Wed Sept 24 2008 - 01:00
Impact of Ballsbridge scheme 'minimal', hearing toldThe combined effect on traffic of Sean Dunne’s development on the former Jury's and Berkeley Court hotels site in Ballsbridge…Tue Sept 23 2008 - 01:00
Safety authority urges research into nanotechnology's use in food sectorRESEARCH INTO the risks of using nanotechnology in food is "urgently" needed before products containing food manipulating particles…Mon Sept 22 2008 - 01:00
Dublin launches bid to be City of ScienceDUBLIN'S BID to become Europe's City of Science in 2012 will be made in Strasbourg today by Minister of State for Science Jimmy…Mon Sept 22 2008 - 01:00
Former city architect 'backed tower of 37 storeys'THE FORMER Dublin city architect Jim Barrett supported Seán Dunne's plans for a 37-storey tower in Ballsbridge before a planning…Sat Sept 20 2008 - 01:00
Dunne architect witness is pulled outTHE FORMER Dublin city architect Jim Barrett has been withdrawn from giving evidence on behalf of Seán Dunne at the An Bord Pleanála…Fri Sept 19 2008 - 01:00
High-rise scheme may create 5,000 jobs a year, hearing toldSEÁN DUNNE'S redevelopment of the former Jurys and Berkeley Court hotel sites in Ballsbridge would cost almost €1Thu Sept 18 2008 - 01:00
Former city architect withdrawn as witness in Dunne hearingThe former Dublin city architect Jim Barrett was withdrawn before he was due to give evidence on behalf of Seán Dunne at the …Thu Sept 18 2008 - 01:00
Dunne plan would have 'negligible effect on traffic'The increase in traffic from the Jurys and Berkeley Court hotel sites in Ballsbridge after construction of Seán Dunne's high-…Wed Sept 17 2008 - 01:00
Council criticised for not putting planner in witness box over high-riseOPPONENTS OF Seán Dunne’s proposed high-rise development in Ballsbridge have criticised Dublin City Council for failing to put…Wed Sept 17 2008 - 01:00
Ballsbridge refusal leaves 'hole' in plan, hearing toldDublin City Council’s decision not to grant developer Sean Dunne permission for the 37-storey tower at the centre of his high…Tue Sept 16 2008 - 01:00
Lawyer accuses TD of 'circus' attemptFINE GAEL TD Lucinda Creighton has been accused of attempting to turn the planning hearing on Seán Dunne's high-rise development…Tue Sept 16 2008 - 01:00
Ballsbridge tower ruling cannot be reversed, says counselBORD PLEANÁLA cannot grant permission to Seán Dunne for a 37-storey tower at the centre of his plans for Ballsbridge because …Tue Sept 16 2008 - 01:00
Ballsbridge scheme 'unlawful', objectors claimDublin City Council’s decision to grant permission to Seán Dunne for the bulk of his high-density development in Ballsbridge, …Mon Sept 15 2008 - 01:00
Ex-planner says project in Ballsbridge 'a shambles'A FORMER chief Dublin city planner has accused the council’s planning department of disregarding the city development plan in…Sat Sept 13 2008 - 01:00
Cost of land cannot be a 'yardstick' for planning decisionsHIGH-RISE PLANS: THE PRICE paid for land cannot be allowed to become the “yardstick” by which planning decisions are made, Labour…Fri Sept 12 2008 - 01:00
'Insensitive' tower design Desmond's sole concernPLANNING APPEAL: BILLIONAIRE BUSINESSMAN Dermot Desmond was motivated by an interest in architecture and the protection of Ballsbridge…Fri Sept 12 2008 - 01:00
Ballsbridge development will be 'half-built disaster'Developer Seán Dunne’s high rise scheme for Ballsbridge will be a half-built eyesore that will be “a development disaster for…Fri Sept 12 2008 - 01:00
Department says Dunne's tower plans are excessiveSEÁN DUNNE'S high-rise plans for Ballsbridge are "excessive in terms of height, scale and bulk" and would have an adverse effect…Thu Sept 11 2008 - 01:00
Ballsbridge tower poses safety risk, hearing toldThe 37-story tower proposed by developer Sean Dunne in Ballsbridge presents a danger to aircraft and any emergency that may occur…Thu Sept 11 2008 - 01:00
