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
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
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
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
Cycling, walking key to sustainable transport strategyMORE THAN half a million motorists are to be persuaded to switch to more sustainable forms of transport, including walking and…Fri Feb 06 2009 - 00:00
Taxi drivers to stage protest close to Dublin airport todayDUBLIN TAXI drivers have insisted they do not want to break the law or inconvenience the travelling public when they stage a …Fri Feb 06 2009 - 00:00
Dublin Bus accused of choosing 'soft option' over loss of 290 jobsDUBLIN BUS has been accused of choosing “the soft option in letting 290 people go” by the chairman of the Oireachtas Committee…Thu Feb 05 2009 - 00:00
Wanted: car spaces for TDsNEW CAR-PARKING spaces for senior Leinster House civil servants and politicians are to be found in Dublin city centre, as the…Wed Feb 04 2009 - 00:00
Speed limit guidance delayedTHE DEPARTMENT of Transport is four months late with critical road-safety guidance on the setting of speed limitsWed Feb 04 2009 - 00:00
Engineers forecast to play key role in 'smart economy'THE REPUBLIC is now home to seven of the world’s top 10 information and communications technology companies, 15 of the top 25…Wed Feb 04 2009 - 00:00
State to spend €607m on regional and local roadsTHE GOVERNMENT is to spend just over €607 million on the regional and local road network this year, a marginal drop on last year…Tue Feb 03 2009 - 00:00
Critical developer to reapply with new schemeFIRM'S REACTION: PROPERTY DEVELOPER Seán Dunne will reapply for planning permission for development of his Ballsbridge site, …Sat Jan 31 2009 - 00:00
Rejection of high-rise plan welcomedOBJECTOR'S REACTIONS: OBJECTORS TO property developer Seán Dunne’s high-density plans for Ballsbridge welcomed An Bord Pleanála…Sat Jan 31 2009 - 00:00
Pubs to serve high visibility jacketsHIGH-VISIBILITY jackets are to be circulated among rural pubs in a bid to reduce the numbers of pedestrians and cyclists being…Fri Jan 30 2009 - 00:00
Bypass in Kerry to be single new road projectA PROPOSED bypass of Castleisland, Co Kerry, is to become the only new national road scheme to go to construction this year under…Thu Jan 29 2009 - 00:00
Sweat test may hold key to roadside drug testsTHE GREETING “good evening, may I ask you to blow in this bag?”, which is guaranteed to strike terror into the hearts of every…Wed Jan 28 2009 - 00:00
Barratts and Priceless Shoes put in administrationBRITISH FIRMS Barratts Shoes and Priceless Shoes which operate 18 stores in the Republic have been placed in administration.Tue Jan 27 2009 - 00:00
Help Gaza's injured children, urges MEPTHE EU must urgently evacuate critically injured children from Gaza to hospitals in European countries including Ireland, MEP…Mon Jan 26 2009 - 00:00
Ireland finding markets for its 'bring bank' wasteRECYCLING: IRELAND IS finding markets for its recycled, cans, paper and plastics and is not stockpiling a large proportion of…Mon Jan 26 2009 - 00:00
Authority warns of more road deaths due to lax safetyTHE NUMBER of people killed on the Republic’s roads may start to rise again this year, as cash-starved motorists postpone changing…Fri Jan 23 2009 - 00:00
Bus cuts undermine council's plan, says TDA THREE-YEAR workplace travel plan – to encourage staff and visitors to Dublin’s City Council’s civic offices complex at Wood…Fri Jan 23 2009 - 00:00
Hospitality sector gets green laurelsA TOTAL of €3 million has been saved in energy and waste costs by winning contestants in the Green Hospitality Awards, according…Fri Jan 23 2009 - 00:00
Dublin council staff to leave cars at homeStaff at Dublin's Civic Offices are to be asked to leave their cars at home and take up walking, cycling, or using public transport…Wed Jan 21 2009 - 00:00
EU launches Irish road probeTHE EUROPEAN Parliament’s Petitions Committee is to begin an investigation into the maintenance of non-national roads by Ireland…Wed Jan 21 2009 - 00:00
State urged to foster manufacturingTHE STATE should not turn away from efforts to attract medium- to high-grade manufacturing businesses, the chief executive of…Sat Jan 17 2009 - 00:00
Proposed EU directive calls for air and road haulage tollA PROPOSED new EU transport directive could add significantly to the cost of exporting goods from Ireland to Europe.Sat Jan 17 2009 - 00:00
Concern for 1,000 jobs in southwestTHERE ARE further fears of significant numbers of job losses in the west as concern grows for up to 1,000 jobs at manufacturing…Fri Jan 16 2009 - 00:00
Ireland is 'stalling' on crucial GPSTHE GOVERNMENT is “stalling” on the introduction of a global satellite positioning system (GPS), leading to unnecessary fatalities…Wed Jan 14 2009 - 00:00
Safety tests put back to 2010ATTEMPTS TO “soften the cough” of drivers who modify their vehicles to give deep throaty roars – or, more often than not, high…Wed Jan 14 2009 - 00:00
Midwest groups to draw up employment strategyAN ECONOMIC strategy designed to chart the development of the midwest in the wake of the Dell redundancies is to be drawn up …Tue Jan 13 2009 - 00:00
Sketchcrawlers of the world uniteA GROUP of budding artists braved the weather in Dublin at the weekend to take part in an international sketching event.Mon Jan 12 2009 - 00:00
Beacon Medical Group to lay off six staffTHE STATE'S partner in the development of private hospitals on public hospital sites, the Beacon Medical Group, is to lay off…Sat Jan 10 2009 - 00:00
Closure of dementia unit 'not due to cuts'THE ROYAL Hospital in Donnybrook in Dublin has insisted that the proposed closure of its Alzheimer’s unit is the result of a …Fri Jan 09 2009 - 00:00
