Road death figures set for lowest level in 40 yearsThe number of road deaths is set to reach its lowest level since the early 1960s, following a significant fall for the second…Tue Dec 30 2003 - 00:00
Builders warn council over 'locals only' policyThe Construction Industry Federation (CIF) has warned Wicklow County Council that business people, including housebuilders, will…Mon Dec 29 2003 - 00:00
State to release land for affordable housingState lands in Dublin, Cork and Waterford are to be used to provide up to 3,600 new homes under the Government's affordable housing…Mon Dec 29 2003 - 00:00
Chamber warns on increasing rates to bridge funding shortfallBusiness interests in the Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown area of south County Dublin have warned councillors not to attempt to make up…Sat Dec 27 2003 - 00:00
Offaly sawmills reapplies for retention of facilityT&J Standish Sawmills in Co Offaly, which was refused planning permission for retention of its sawmills last July, has again…Sat Dec 27 2003 - 00:00
Luas ground construction set to continue right into the New YearDubliners who had hoped Luas construction work would be finished by Christmas are set to be disappointed again as the Railway…Tue Dec 23 2003 - 00:00
Liam Lawlor address inquiry not completedAn Post has said it cannot say when its report into claims that the former TD Mr Liam Lawlor was able to have an address changed…Sat Dec 20 2003 - 00:00
Guidelines map Greater Dublin Area growthGreater emphasis on the Dublin- Belfast economic corridor, the intensification of the "metropolitan area" in north Kildare and…Sat Dec 20 2003 - 00:00
Protesters to try to halt roundabout at castle via courts againAnti-roads protesters will not take "direct action" to preserve the ruins of Carrickmines Castle until all legal channels are…Fri Dec 19 2003 - 00:00
RPA close to deal on Luas extensionThe Railway Procurement Agency and a private company, Rathdown Light Rail, are close to an agreement on building the Luas extension…Tue Dec 16 2003 - 00:00
Greens may vote against city budget over 'lack of progress' on recyclingDublin City Council is set for another round of wrangling over its financial future following a threat by the two Green Party…Mon Dec 15 2003 - 00:00
State buys Durrow Abbey to keep out commercial developersThe Government has bought Durrow Abbey and its accom-panying 6th century monastic site in Co Offaly at a cost of €3Sat Dec 13 2003 - 00:00
Derrybrien terms breached, say localsThe developers of a wind farm at Derrybrien in east Galway failed to carry out a geotechnical survey and were in breach of their…Fri Dec 12 2003 - 00:00
Committee to examine proposals to decentraliseThe process used to select where 10,300 civil servants are to be transferred from Dublin will be examined by a new committee …Thu Dec 11 2003 - 00:00
EUR500m Red Cow revamp favoured ahead of 'stilts'Plans to put the Luas line "on stilts" at Dublin's Red Cow roundabout are likely to be scrapped in favour of a new €500 million…Tue Dec 09 2003 - 00:00
Motorway routes to be completed by 2007, says BrennanA major revision of the timetable for the building of the motorways from Dublin to Cork and Galway will see both routes "substantially…Tue Dec 09 2003 - 00:00
€160m Kildare town by-pass opensA decade after it was first proposed, the long-awaited €160 million Kildare town by-pass opens this morning.Mon Dec 08 2003 - 00:00
Inquiry will hear site for interchange is historicAn oral hearing into the proposed Laughanstown interchange on the M50 on Tuesday will be told the site is archaeologically more…Sat Dec 06 2003 - 00:00
Road deaths total is edgeing up againNew statistics show that the number of people killed on the Republic's roads is on the increase again.Sat Dec 06 2003 - 00:00
Asylum-seekers never housed in €19m propertiesThe State paid more than €19 million for five properties which have remained vacant since they were acquired to house asylum-…Fri Dec 05 2003 - 00:00
10,300 workers to be affectedDecentralisation The Government has decided to decentralise 10,300 civil servants to 53 centres around the country, beginning…Thu Dec 04 2003 - 00:00
Previous relocation movesThe Minister for Finance first announced a major decentralisation programme during the 1999 budget.Thu Dec 04 2003 - 00:00
Confusion over free parking in Dublin over ChristmasA reduced Operation Freeflow got under way in Dublin yesterday and immediately ran into a DART stoppage, an inter-agency row …Tue Dec 02 2003 - 00:00
CIE fares to rise in line with inflationCIÉ is to be allowed to raise its fares annually in line with inflation but reports of a 4 per cent increase next year are overestimated…Tue Dec 02 2003 - 00:00
Home extensions liable for extra leviesHouseholders who build extensions to their homes are to be liable for additional development levies to finance roads, water and…Mon Dec 01 2003 - 00:00
Brennan says issue of taxis is overThe Minister for Transport, Mr Brennan, has rejected claims that he is "ignoring" the European Parliament Petitions Committee…Mon Dec 01 2003 - 00:00
Skibbereen by-pass to take 9,000 cars out of town dailyA chronic traffic bottleneck in west Cork is to be removed this morning with the opening of the Skibbereen by-pass.Mon Dec 01 2003 - 00:00
Draft plan for Dun Laoghaire invalid, says managerThe Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Manager, Mr Derek Brady, has told councillors that their draft development plan may be invalid…Sat Nov 29 2003 - 00:00
Wicklow residents to oppose 'superdump'Co Wicklow residents were last night preparing for a High Court challenge to An Bord Pleanála's decision to grant planning permission…Sat Nov 29 2003 - 00:00
Contractors claim lorries overloadedMore then half of forestry contractors are breaking the law by transporting timber on overloaded lorries, the forestry contractors…Tue Nov 25 2003 - 00:00
Minister's road safety measures face delaysTwo more key initiatives of the Minister for Transport, Mr Brennan, have become tied up in red tape, the Department of Transport…Tue Nov 25 2003 - 00:00
Glen o' the Downs to reopen by Christmas, says parks serviceThe State's first nature reserve, the Glen o' the Downs in Co Wicklow, is to reopen before Christmas, the National Parks and …Tue Nov 25 2003 - 00:00
Meeting told of low-cost answers to waste crisisThere are low-cost solutions to the Republic's waste crisis and most people are paying too much for waste-management, a conference…Sat Nov 22 2003 - 00:00
Study of local and regional roads plannedThe Minister for the Environment, Mr Cullen, has commissioned a county-by-county study to identify potholes and sub-standard …Tue Nov 18 2003 - 00:00
M50 and other road upgrades put on holdPlans to upgrade the M50 surrounding Dublin to three lanes and to improve the interchanges along the route between the airport…Mon Nov 17 2003 - 00:00
Protesters warn against cuts to A&E in EnnisPeople from Co Clare will die in ambulances en route to hospital in Limerick as a result of a reduction in emergency services…Mon Nov 17 2003 - 00:00
Over €1.2 billion earmarked for roadsTransport: More than half the entire estimate for the Department of Transport next year - about €1Fri Nov 14 2003 - 00:00
No Christmas postal delaysAn Post has moved to assure customers that delays which resulted in the non-delivery of post in time for Christmas last year, …Tue Nov 11 2003 - 00:00
Board's conduct code explainedThe chairman of An Bord Pleanála, Mr John O'Connor, has written to the Oireachtas Committee on the Environment and Local Government…Sat Nov 08 2003 - 00:00
Almost 76,000 one-off rural houses constructedAlmost 76,000 rural one-off houses were built in the Republic in the decade to 2002 and about one third of all new housing is…Fri Nov 07 2003 - 00:00
An Taisce says rural Ireland needs supportRural towns and villages should be supported to prevent declining population and closures of schools, post offices and Garda …Fri Nov 07 2003 - 00:00
Luas - some of the facts and the fictionsThe Oireachtas Committee on Transport raised a number of allegations about Luas yesterday which were rejected as having absolutely…Thu Nov 06 2003 - 00:00
Greystones venture to proceedWicklow County Council has voted to proceed with a public private partnership venture to build a 250-berth marina, shopping and…Thu Nov 06 2003 - 00:00
Bord Gais to replace cast-iron gas pipes in estateAn Bord Gáis is to replace immediately cast-iron gas pipes in a south Dublin housing estate following a gas explosion on Sunday…Tue Nov 04 2003 - 00:00
Confusion over start date for computerised penalty pointsThere was confusion last night about the introduction of computerised penalty points for driversTue Nov 04 2003 - 00:00
Extend traffic freeflow scheme, says FGOperation Freeflow the Christmas shopping period ban on digging up Dublin's roads should be extended all year-round, the Fine…Mon Nov 03 2003 - 00:00
Luas to be tested from Tallaght to Red CowThe Railway Procurement Agency has said a "piece of history" will be made next Sunday when trams will be tested on a continuous…Mon Nov 03 2003 - 00:00
Hauliers seek curb on off-road vehiclesThe Irish Road Haulage Association has rejected suggestions that it called for a ban on tractors on national roads and criticised…Mon Nov 03 2003 - 00:00
Turbines set to turn on giant offshore wind farmThe Arklow Bank wind farm - the world's first offshore use of wind turbines above three megawatt capacity - will begin producing…Mon Nov 03 2003 - 00:00
Penalty points save 77 lives in first yearSeventy-seven fewer road fatalities and savings of about €155 million - that is the outcome in road safety terms on the first…Sat Nov 01 2003 - 00:00
