Dempsey critical of 'ignorant' suggestions metro be scrappedMINISTER FOR Transport Noel Dempsey yesterday gave a boost to proposers of Metro North, criticising “ignorant” commentators who…Thu Apr 02 2009 - 01:00
Call for tractor restrictionsTHE ROAD Safety Authority (RSA) has submitted proposals to the Department of Transport to ban agricultural vehicles from motorways…Wed Apr 01 2009 - 01:00
Metro hearing told of further traffic restrictionsFurther restrictions on private cars in Dublin city during the building of Metro North were outlined at the opening of the Bord…Wed Apr 01 2009 - 01:00
Postal worker charged with murdersA MAN has been charged with the murder of two children at their home in Roscon, Windgap, Co Kilkenny, last Christmas.Tue Mar 31 2009 - 01:00
Fahey rejects findings of report on taxi industryCOMMITTEE ON TRANSPORT: THE RECENT Goodbody review of the taxi industry was rejected by members of the Oireachtas Committee …Thu Mar 26 2009 - 00:00
Motorway classifications spark objectionsTHE REDESIGNATION to motorway status of more than 230km of high-quality dual carriageways on 10 key routes across the State – …Wed Mar 25 2009 - 00:00
Experts criticise lack of secure storage for nuclear wasteA LEAD box containing a compound of radioactive uranium, and nuclear material stored in a garden shed in Co Meath, are among …Tue Mar 24 2009 - 00:00
Government halts up to 80 major road schemesTHE GOVERNMENT has ordered a halt to planned spending on almost 80 national road-building schemes, worth billions of euro, until…Tue Mar 24 2009 - 00:00
Ireland prepares to pull plug for global Earth Hour eventPRIVATE AND public buildings across Ireland will be among those in more than 1,000 locations in 25 time zones pitched into darkness…Tue Mar 24 2009 - 00:00
'Come on, we've only been waitin' 60 bleedin' years'AIRPORT ARRIVAL: IRELAND’S HISTORIC Grand Slam-winning team arrived in Dublin airport yesterday afternoon to an ecstatic welcome…Mon Mar 23 2009 - 00:00
Climate gives Ireland advantage in biofuel growth, says academicIRELAND’S CLIMATE could deliver an advantage in producing significant amounts of biofuels made from non-food crops, a UCD academic…Sat Mar 21 2009 - 00:00
Group says plan to make all city taxis wheelchair-accessible will not be metA PROMISE in the programme for government that all city-based taxis would be wheelchair-accessible by 2010 will not be met, and…Wed Mar 18 2009 - 00:00
Fears over EU truck taxesA NEW EU transport directive which could add significantly to the cost of exporting goods to the rest of Europe will have a “…Wed Mar 18 2009 - 00:00
Fast-track for Metro settlement schemeA FAST-TRACK compensation scheme for homes and businesses damaged by drilling for Metro North is to be introduced, promising …Sat Mar 14 2009 - 00:00
110 years of local elections markedMORE THAN 100 years of local elections in Ireland – stretching back to the beginning of local democracy – are recalled at a travelling…Fri Mar 13 2009 - 00:00
Power down for an hour to tackle warmingINDIVIDUALS AND families are being urged to plan something romantic or unusual for Earth Hour, which will see Ireland join more…Thu Mar 12 2009 - 00:00
Checkpoints reveal cross- Border fraudRECENT SOCIAL welfare checkpoints in Border counties have left some cross-Border motorists in an interesting conundrum in relation…Wed Mar 11 2009 - 00:00
Dempsey to meet unions on taxi reformTAXI DRIVERS’ unions are to meet Minister for Transport Noel Dempsey today, following yesterday’s publication of a key consultants…Tue Mar 10 2009 - 00:00
Tara group plans St Patrick's Day protestsCAMPAIGN GROUP TaraWatch says that it plans to “mobilise 50,000 supporters worldwide” to demonstrate against individual Ministers…Mon Mar 09 2009 - 00:00
Carrick-on-Shannon bypass plan back on drawing boardA PROPOSED bypass of Carrick-on-Shannon, Co Leitrim, for which a “preferred route” was announced in 2002, is to go back to the…Mon Mar 09 2009 - 00:00
Prosecutions follow Border fraud crackdownA CRACKDOWN on cross-Border fraud has resulted in prosecutions being initiated for social welfare abuse, breaches of excise duty…Sat Mar 07 2009 - 00:00
Mitchell 'aghast' at proposed Dublin Bus service cutsAS UNIONS and management at Dublin Bus attempt to avert a strike, which could begin as soon as tomorrow, details of some of the…Sat Mar 07 2009 - 00:00
Taxi drivers promise to protest again next weekABOUT 1,000 taxi drivers, who drove in a convoy from Dublin’s suburbs to the city centre yesterday to demand restrictions on …Fri Mar 06 2009 - 00:00
M3 motorway 'ahead of schedule'WORK ON the M3 motorway in Co Meath is “tracking well ahead of schedule” and is on course to be completed ahead of its July 2010…Thu Mar 05 2009 - 00:00
800 taxi drivers protest at lack of regulationAbout 800 taxi drivers who staged a three-and-a half hour protest outside Leinster House this afternoon are to take their protest…Thu Mar 05 2009 - 00:00
EU backs scrappage schemeTHE EU Commission has joined the Society of the Irish Motor Industry (SIMI) in encouraging Ireland to set up scrappage schemes…Wed Mar 04 2009 - 00:00
Final details of rail-metro interface not yet resolvedIarnród Éireann and the developers of Metro North have not yet resolved final details of how the two rail systems will interface…Tue Mar 03 2009 - 00:00
Bord Pleanála to hire experts to assess Metro North planBord Pleanála is to hire its own experts in the areas of noise, traffic, vibration and ground settlement in assessing the Railway…Mon Mar 02 2009 - 00:00
Bus work practices 'more about breaks' than passengersDUBLIN BUS is “between a rock and a hard place” in attempting to introduce change because of political interference and damaging…Fri Feb 27 2009 - 00:00
House loan approval fell 43.2% in third quarter of last yearLENDING FOR house buying fell by some 40 per cent in the third quarter of 2008, to €3Thu Feb 26 2009 - 00:00
SR Technics a viable business, say unionsTRANSPORT COMMITTEE: MORE THAN half the capacity of aircraft maintenance company SR Technics’ order book for 2009 was sold before…Thu Feb 26 2009 - 00:00
Deadline of July for Dublin city bus gate despite oppositionMINISTER FOR Transport Noel Dempsey appears to be on a collision course with members of Dublin City Council and the city’s retailers…Wed Feb 25 2009 - 00:00
Parishes to remember infamous Wicklow bankerA WICKLOW resident whose bank collapsed amid revelations that as chairman he availed of large personal loans and engaged in dubious…Tue Feb 24 2009 - 00:00
Farm to be sold to pay sex abuse damagesA FARM in Co Offaly is to be sold by order of the High Court to pay compensation to a woman who was sexually abused by her father…Tue Feb 24 2009 - 00:00
Bord Gais gets 13,000 new customersMORE THAN 13,000 residential customers have signed up to Bord Gáis Energy since Wednesday when the company announced plans to…Mon Feb 23 2009 - 00:00
U2's new album - listen to samples onlineU2 FANS will be able to hear samples from the band’s long awaited new album, No Line on the Horizon on The Irish Times website…Mon Feb 23 2009 - 00:00
Parlon seeks pay cuts and warns of job losses in construction industryA FURTHER 55,000 jobs could be lost in the building industry by the end of the year, the director general of the Construction…Sat Feb 21 2009 - 00:00
Parlon seeks pay cuts and warns of job losses in construction industryA FURTHER 55,000 jobs could be lost in the building industry by the end of the year, the director general of the Construction…Sat Feb 21 2009 - 00:00
Parlon heckled as builders protest cutsDirector general of the Construction Industry Federation Tom Parlon was heckled and booed by picketing Siptu workers as he arrived…Fri Feb 20 2009 - 00:00
One-third of self-assessed 'underdeclaring' taxALMOST ONE-THIRD of self-assessed taxpayers may be significantly underdeclaring the amount of money they owe to the Revenue Commissioners…Fri Feb 20 2009 - 00:00
Food outlets clash with council on blocked drainsDUBLIN’S FOOD outlets, including pubs, restaurants and hotels, have clashed with the city council over demands for hundreds of…Thu Feb 19 2009 - 00:00
C&AG seeks tighter audits of tax complianceMore than half of those who underpaid their taxes continued to be non-complaint four years later, while one fifth had actually…Thu Feb 19 2009 - 00:00
Flood risk analysis requested in response to Dublin Bay infill planAN BORD Pleanála has requested an assessment of the flood risk to Clontarf seafront as well as the Liffey, Dodder and Tolka rivers…Tue Feb 17 2009 - 00:00
Making homes energy efficient could create 7,000 jobs, research showsMEETING MODERN energy-efficiency standards in Irish homes could generate €600 million a year and create 7,000 sustainable jobs…Fri Feb 13 2009 - 00:00
Cowen says fall in tax revenues makes change in system 'imperative'THE DEPLETION of tax revenues last year in the order of 14 per cent, followed by an expected further depletion this year of 9…Thu Feb 12 2009 - 00:00
Coughlan highlights role of engineersSOME OF the keenest incentives in the world designed to attract high-quality research and development enterprises were now in…Wed Feb 11 2009 - 00:00
'Futile' to blame building sector for crisis - CowenTaoiseach Brian Cowen today said an analysis that the current crisis in the economy was a result of over-reliance on the building…Wed Feb 11 2009 - 00:00
Rathcoole incinerator proposal rejectedTHE COMPANY behind a €250 million waste-to-energy plant proposed for Rathcoole in west Dublin is to meet its advisers this morning…Wed Feb 11 2009 - 00:00
Decision to increase low speed limits on N11SPEED LIMITS through a controversial low-speed area of the N11 at Kilmacanogue in north Co Wicklow are to be raised, Wicklow …Wed Feb 11 2009 - 00:00
Engineering numbers expected to rise by thirdTHE FUTURE is bright for engineers with job numbers expected to expand by more than one third over the next 12 years, according…Tue Feb 10 2009 - 00:00
