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
Previous relocation movesThe Minister for Finance first announced a major decentralisation programme during the 1999 budget.Thu Dec 04 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Charges favoured for road use in DublinTransport: Charging for road use in Dublin but not tolling town by-passes, and a cautionary approach to public private partnerships…Fri Oct 31 2003 - 00:00
Increased costs for servicing holiday homes suggestedHousing: Severe increases in costs for services to holiday homes and the re-introduction of property tax are among the measures…Fri Oct 31 2003 - 00:00
Spending cuts not proposed, says authorInfrastructure: The ESRI mid-term review of the National Development Plan did not propose cuts in spending on water, waste disposal…Fri Oct 31 2003 - 00:00
All Dublin councils insist on bin chargeThe Dublin local authorities' waste policy of "no payment, no collection" was implemented across the city and county for the …Thu Oct 30 2003 - 00:00
Job losses rising 60% annually in western countiesJob losses in Sligo, Leitrim and Donegal are rising by 60 per cent each year, mainly in the region's traditional clothing and…Thu Oct 30 2003 - 00:00
Postal address inquiry to take 2 to 3 weeksAn Post has said its internal investigation into whether former TD Mr Liam Lawlor was able to have a postal designation of a …Sat Oct 25 2003 - 01:00
Report on height of port tunnel referred back to its authorsThe Atkins report on the possibility of increasing the clearance height of the Dublin Port Tunnel has been referred back to its…Sat Oct 25 2003 - 01:00
Ireland is starting to clean up act, says EU chiefThe Republic's poor record on implementing environmental protection measures is changing, the European Environment Commissioner…Fri Oct 24 2003 - 01:00
Campaign to resume bin depot picketsPickets will be placed on Dublin City Council's bin depots again next week, the anti-bin charge campaign said yesterday.Thu Oct 23 2003 - 01:00
Gardai will be on lookout for drink-drivers over weekendThere will be no extra gardaí "pulled out of a drawer" to combat drink-driving over the bank holiday weekend, but those who drink…Thu Oct 23 2003 - 01:00
County council to end secrecy around planning applicationsKildare County Council is to dispense with traditional "closed door" secrecy in considering planning submissions, including a…Tue Oct 21 2003 - 01:00
Row breaks out over bin dispute coverageJailed anti-bin charge protesters Joe Higgins TD and Cllr Clare Daly are to be released from Mountyjoy Prison tomorrow morning…Fri Oct 17 2003 - 01:00
Weekend collections aim to ease bin backlogUncollected bins on Dublin streets should be cleared by early next week, according to the four Dublin local authorities.Fri Oct 17 2003 - 01:00
1,000% increase in councils' bin charge revenuesDublin local authorities have been taking in up to €2Fri Oct 17 2003 - 01:00
