Many targets in first plan not achieved on time or on budgetThe first question Taoiseach Bertie Ahern was asked in December 1999, as he launched the first National Development Plan, was…Tue Jan 23 2007 - 00:00
N11 road blackspot upgrade not in NRA planThe upgrading of one of the east coast's most notorious stretches of roads, a 19km-link between the Rathnew and Arklow bypasses…Fri Jan 19 2007 - 00:00
Increase in Fingal home-building masks shortagesThe number of new homes built in the Dublin area in 2006 rose to about 18,000 - but they were built mostly in Fingal and the …Fri Jan 19 2007 - 00:00
Developer to appeal at Windmill sitePlanning conditions relating to the size of apartments, ceiling heights and car-parking in a proposed major redevelopment of …Thu Jan 18 2007 - 00:00
Motorists must wait for serviceMotorists will have to wait until at least 2009 to be able to stop on a motorway in the Republic to buy petrol or have a cup …Wed Jan 17 2007 - 00:00
Iarnród Éireann launches new hourly servicesIarnród Éireann's first full day providing hourly services in each direction between Cork and Dublin went without a hitch yesterday…Tue Jan 16 2007 - 00:00
Funding for key roads to hit €1.5bn this yearAnother year of record funding for road building is to be announced by Minister for Transport Martin Cullen this afternoon.Tue Jan 16 2007 - 00:00
FG councillor accused of ethics breachA Wicklow county councillor and parliamentary assistant to Fine Gael TD Billy Timmins has been accused of a breach of ethics …Tue Jan 16 2007 - 00:00
Polish community celebratesSeveral hundred members of Dublin's Polish community gathered in the Temple Bar Music Centre yesterday for an afternoon of music…Mon Jan 15 2007 - 00:00
Agency to name proposed stops on Metro WestThe locations of up to 21 metro stops on Dublin's proposed Metro West route are to be revealed by the Railway Procurement Agency…Mon Jan 15 2007 - 00:00
Harbour group divided over candidateCampaigners against a housing and redevelopment scheme at Greystones harbour have differed over the nomination of a candidate…Mon Jan 15 2007 - 00:00
Commuters face 'nightmare' of crashesThe AA has described a series of crashes on the N11 in Wicklow and south Dublin yesterday morning as "a nightmare" for commuters…Sat Jan 13 2007 - 00:00
State to invest in North under new planThe Government's new National Development Plan will see investment by the Government on specific infrastructure projects in Northern…Fri Jan 12 2007 - 00:00
Luas Green line may get 25% more trams for morning rushThe Railway Procurement Agency (RPA) is "actively considering" proposals for a 25 per cent increase in the number of trams it…Thu Jan 11 2007 - 00:00
Electoral register warning rescindedWarning notices of the intention to remove up to 19,000 names from the draft register of electors in Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown have…Tue Jan 09 2007 - 00:00
Is it really going the distance?Moves are afoot to produce fuel economy estimates that more closely reflect what people can expect from vehicles, writes Tim …Wed Jan 03 2007 - 00:00
Commuter counties underfunded, says TDCounty councils in the greater Dublin area are among the most poorly funded in the Republic, with Louth, Fingal, Kildare, Wexford…Thu Dec 28 2006 - 00:00
Tourism sector reports strong resultsThe number of visitors to the Republic is expected to top eight million in 2007, building on a strong performance in 2006 which…Thu Dec 28 2006 - 00:00
We must not presume to live without God, pope saysPope Benedict XVI and senior Irish clergymen have used their Christmas homilies to call for the elimination of "crass inequalities…Wed Dec 27 2006 - 00:00
Wren boys make merry in SandymountPeople gathered once again in the Dublin suburb of Sandymount yesterday to watch more than 40 wren boys parading around the village…Wed Dec 27 2006 - 00:00
Hauliers call for 'education' on tunnel useVolumes of freight traffic using Dublin Port Tunnel will be low over the holiday period, according to the Irish Road Haulage …Sat Dec 23 2006 - 00:00
A lot more to do on road safety - AhernTaoiseach Bertie Ahern has said a lot has been done to improve the safety of the Republic's roads and he promised more work was…Sat Dec 23 2006 - 00:00
RAC to pull out of Ireland by May 2007The Royal Automobile Club (RAC) is to pull out of Ireland by May 2007, transferring its business to its sister company Hibernian…Wed Dec 20 2006 - 00:00
Accounts linked cash payments to CherrywoodCash payments totalling more than £64,000 (€81,280) were recorded in the books of Monarch Properties in the early 1990s as a …Tue Dec 19 2006 - 00:00
Launch of new M50 routesThe start of the next phase of the upgrade of Dublin's M50 motorway - the rebuilding of junctions to freeflow status at the Lucan…Wed Dec 13 2006 - 00:00
Section of M50 to close for upgrade works before ChristmasThe National Roads Authority (NRA) has acknowledged that a section of the M50 ring road in Dublin will have to close completely…Wed Dec 13 2006 - 00:00
Publicans clarify compensation callThe Vintners Federation of Ireland has moved to clarify its calls for compensation for publicans whose takings have been adversely…Sat Dec 09 2006 - 00:00
Work begins on Nenagh to Limerick motorwayWork has begun on the biggest road project on the N7 corridor, a 28km (17-mile) motorway linking Nenagh, Co Tipperary, to the…Fri Dec 08 2006 - 00:00
Traffic chaos in parts of DublinThere was large-scale traffic disruption in Dublin yesterday when delays in public transport, combined with poor weather conditions…Fri Dec 08 2006 - 00:00
Crashes may regularly shut tunnelDublin's traffic authorities expect a crash to close Dublin Port Tunnel once every two weeks, while training exercises will close…Wed Dec 06 2006 - 00:00
Wicklow council accused on zoningWicklow County Council has been accused of undermining the planning process by signing a deal with property developers to rezone…Wed Dec 06 2006 - 00:00
Greystones 80-acre site to be rezonedWicklow county councillors yesterday voted to rezone an 80-acre site on the outskirts of Greystones for the construction of a…Tue Dec 05 2006 - 00:00
Section of Galway motorway to openThe motorway between Dublin and Galway will be extended by another 19 kilometres today with the opening by Minister for Transport…Tue Dec 05 2006 - 00:00
Naas firm to shut down with the loss of 280 jobsSome 280 workers at Magna Donnelly Electronics in Naas, Co Kildare are to lose their jobs following the announcement by the company…Sat Dec 02 2006 - 00:00
Developer backs building in WicklowSix hundred houses could be built each year using the amount of time Wicklow commuters spend travelling to Dublin, the property…Sat Dec 02 2006 - 00:00
Wicklow council to decideon Greystones rezoningWicklow County Council is to decide on Monday whether to adopt a local area plan for Greystones and Delgany which could see 1…Sat Dec 02 2006 - 00:00
Dublin Port faces capacity 'crisis'Dublin Port is to run out of roll-on, roll-off freight capacity by the end of next year and has already had to turn customers…Fri Dec 01 2006 - 00:00
OPW to restore glasshouses at ÁrasThe Office of Public Works (OPW) is to restore the Turner range of Peach Houses at Áras an Uachtaráin in Dublin's Phoenix Park…Fri Dec 01 2006 - 00:00
Council closes falconry in Belvedere House revampBelvedere House and Gardens in Mullingar, Co Westmeath is to close its falconry after two years due to rising costsThu Nov 30 2006 - 00:00
Freeflow gets off to smooth startFears that a burst water main in the north Wicklow area would lead to a repeat of last week's traffic delays on the first day…Tue Nov 28 2006 - 00:00
Reopening of hearing on Greystones plan soughtThe deputy leader of the Labour Party Liz McManus has written to the chairman of Bord Pleanála John O'Connor, calling for an …Tue Nov 28 2006 - 00:00
€1 bus fare part of Labour's transport policyLabour in Government would reduce Dublin bus fares to just €1 for adults and 50 cent for children, while increasing the size …Tue Nov 28 2006 - 00:00
EU list reveals top pollution sourcesThe State's 183 largest sources of pollution have been published on the internet by the European Union.Sat Nov 25 2006 - 00:00
Green Paper proposes creating independent electoral commissionA Green Paper which suggests devolving responsibility for aspects of election administration to a permanent, full-time electoral…Sat Nov 25 2006 - 00:00
Planning system reputation not fully recovered, says TDThe reputation of the planning system in Dublin has not completely recovered from the early 1990s when it was described by a …Fri Nov 24 2006 - 00:00
Landfills among State's leading air pollutersA report from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), which names 183 Irish businesses as among the State's leading polluters…Thu Nov 23 2006 - 00:00
Nicky Kelly fined for driving offencesWicklow Labour Party county councillor Nicky Kelly was yesterday fined a total of €730 at Wicklow District Court for motoring…Thu Nov 23 2006 - 00:00
Nenagh 'boy racer' videos removed from webVideos of young people performing spectacular manoeuvres in cars at various locations in Co Tipperary were withdrawn from the…Tue Nov 21 2006 - 00:00
New bridge to link Ringsend and south quaysDublin City Council is seeking consultants to design a "public transport only" bridge between Ringsend and the south quays of…Mon Nov 20 2006 - 00:00
EPA says Roadstone waste can be retainedThe Environmental Protection Agency says a decision to allow Roadstone to retain some illegally dumped waste on its land at Blessington…Mon Nov 20 2006 - 00:00
