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
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
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
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
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
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
City centre speed limit of 30km to be amendedTHE 30KM/H speed limit introduced in Dublin city centre last January is to be removed from certain streets after it emerged last…Tue Oct 05 2010 - 01:00
Excessive zonings hindering strategyEXCESSIVE AND inappropriate land zonings by local authorities have obstructed the implementation of the National Spatial Strategy…Tue Oct 05 2010 - 01:00
Faecal coliform levels found in flats same as raw sewageFAECAL COLIFORM levels more than 570-million times the safe level for drinking water have been detected in the sinks of flats…Mon Oct 04 2010 - 01:00
Metro North should go ahead as planned, says BroughanMETRO NORTH should proceed as planned, former Labour transport spokesman and TD for Dublin North East Tommy Broughan has said…Mon Oct 04 2010 - 01:00
Divisions in Labour over MetroMetro North should proceed as planned, former Labour transport spokesman and TD for Dublin North East Tommy Broughan has said…Mon Oct 04 2010 - 01:00
An Taisce says unused signage poles 'cluttering' cityMORE THAN 100 bare and redundant poles are littering the streets of Dublin city centre, according to a new audit carried out …Sat Oct 02 2010 - 01:00
Council to cut funding for tenant liaison positions on regeneration projectsDUBLIN CITY Council is to cut funding used to pay tenant representatives in three social housing estates where public-private…Fri Oct 01 2010 - 01:00
Gaeltacht areas will 'disappear' over cutsGAELTACHT areas will “disappear” if capital funding cuts of up to 80 per cent are implemented, Gaeltacht community groups and…Thu Sept 30 2010 - 01:00
Metro North work to begin in April despite calls for rethinkWORK ON the long-awaited Metro North line from St Stephen’s Green to Dublin airport and north Co Dublin will begin in April, …Mon Sept 27 2010 - 01:00
Waste plan would raise bin charges - councilHOUSEHOLDS WILL pay more for waste collection if the draft national waste policy published by Minister for the Environment John…Fri Sept 24 2010 - 01:00
Initial hearings on Dart, Luas lines next weekALMOST 400 groups and individuals have been invited to An Bord Pleanála preliminary hearings next week on the proposed Dart underground…Sat Sept 18 2010 - 01:00
City park to be renamed Merrion Square ParkA DECISION has been taken to rename Archbishop Ryan Park in Dublin as Merrion Square Park despite overwhelming public support…Wed Sept 15 2010 - 01:00
Gormley wants legislation for Dublin mayor before ChristmasTHE RACE for the first directly elected mayor of Dublin is unlikely to get under way before next year following delays in legislation…Tue Sept 14 2010 - 01:00
Council to submit plans for O'Devaney Gardens projectTHE REGENERATION of the troubled O’Devaney Gardens has moved a step closer with the decision by Dublin City Council to submit…Tue Sept 14 2010 - 01:00
Council opposes overhead cables on cross-city Luas lineDUBLIN CITY Council is opposing a plan to use overhead power cables on the proposed cross-city Luas line because of their detrimental…Mon Sept 13 2010 - 01:00
Failure to end long-term homelessness 'a disgrace'THE GOVERNMENT’S failure to keep its promise to end long-term homelessness is “appalling, disgraceful and unforgivable”, Focus…Mon Sept 13 2010 - 01:00
Harney recalls her devastation after losing university friend to suicideMINISTER FOR Health Mary Harney has spoken of her shock and devastation at the loss of a friend to suicide when she was a university…Sat Sept 11 2010 - 01:00
Councils lose €650m on unused land banksLOCAL AUTHORITIES have incurred debts of about €650 million on loans for land bought for social and affordable housing which …Sat Sept 11 2010 - 01:00
Councils lose €650m on landLocal authorities have incurred debts of about €650 million on loans for land bought for social and affordable housing which …Sat Sept 11 2010 - 01:00
Government to pay local council property debtsMORE THAN €30 million in debts accrued by Dublin City Council on loans for undeveloped housing land are to be paid off by the…Fri Sept 10 2010 - 01:00
City manager to extend incinerator contract to MayDUBLIN CITY manager John Tierney has said he could now terminate the contract with the developers of the controversial Poolbeg…Tue Sept 07 2010 - 01:00
