End of `ridiculous' tax widely welcomedThe Government's decision to abolish the £5 travel tax on air and sea journeys has been warmly welcomed by the travel industry…Thu Dec 02 1999 - 00:00
Meter problems with millennium coinA millennium £1 coin was introduced by the Central Bank yesterday amid fears that it, along with the recent 1999 £1 coins, may…Tue Nov 30 1999 - 00:00
Suburb is portrayed as segregation tacticDublin and Belfast are similar in that they are both no longer classed as industrial cities but metropolises where people are…Sat Nov 27 1999 - 00:00
Investigation to be held into 1997 council accountsThe Local Government Audit Service (LGAS) has delayed the certification of the accounts for Wicklow County Council, pending an…Sat Nov 27 1999 - 00:00
Extra gardai, checkpoints to deter drink-drivingAn extension of evidential breath testing, more than 200 extra gardai deployed at checkpoints in Dublin and more than 50,000 …Thu Nov 25 1999 - 00:00
Two-income couples may lose under Planning Bill changesA new definition of eligibility for affordable housing, outlined by the Minister for the Environment yesterday, would appear …Tue Nov 23 1999 - 00:00
Childers's death commemoratedThe motorcade travelling through the Wicklow hills with pennants flying the symbol of the President of Ireland was an emotional…Mon Nov 22 1999 - 00:00
Businesses to seek assurances from EircomBusiness organisations in Dublin are to seek reassurances from Eircom that the systems failure which led to large parts of the…Mon Nov 22 1999 - 00:00
Waste collection charge criticisedA proposal to impose a standard £150 charge per household for waste collection has the potential to be at least as fractious …Fri Nov 19 1999 - 00:00
£4.7bn to be spent on national roads to cut journey timesAlmost £2 million a day is to be spent on national roads during the seven years of the National Development PlanTue Nov 16 1999 - 00:00
Plan will `end imbalances which have disfigured Ireland' - AhernSome £13.5 billion is to be invested in the Border, Midland and Western (BMW) region, while slightly more than £27 billion is…Tue Nov 16 1999 - 00:00
£800m to deal with crisisAt £800 million, the provision for spending on housing is one of the largest single items in the Government's Estimates.Fri Nov 12 1999 - 00:00
Starting on a seven-year plan to clear `bottleneck'Huge investment in roads, housing, transport and water services has been included in the Government EstimatesFri Nov 12 1999 - 00:00
Dublin's growth crisis to persistA continuation of the housing and traffic crises in the Dublin area was predicted yesterday by Mr Brian Hughes, lecturer in urban…Thu Nov 11 1999 - 00:00
Group to discuss State's ability to provide electricityA Cabinet sub-committee on infrastructure is to consider concern over the State's ability to meet its electricity generating …Tue Nov 09 1999 - 00:00
£1.58 bn transport spending for DublinThe public transport element of the Government's National Development Plan concludes that public transport investment on a scale…Mon Nov 08 1999 - 00:00
£2.3 bn allocated for major public transport upgradeNew 100 m.p.h. rail services between Dublin and Cork and between Dublin and Belfast, a four-track rail link between Dublin and…Mon Nov 08 1999 - 00:00
£500m infrastructure projects in doubt as appeal delays Dublin motorwayHopes of completing Dublin's C-ring motorway by 2003 have evaporated, placing in doubt approximately £500 million worth of infrastructural…Mon Nov 08 1999 - 00:00
North-west region development plan will span BorderA plan commissioned by groups on both sides of the Border calls for a "broader vision for change" in the north-west of the island…Sat Nov 06 1999 - 00:00
£4.5m awarded to 16 community enterprise projects in urban areasEnterprise Ireland has approved nearly £4Thu Nov 04 1999 - 00:00
£10m rent was owed to Dublin Corporation in 1996Dublin Corporation failed to collect almost £10 million of its rent roll in 1996, the latest year for which figures are available…Thu Nov 04 1999 - 00:00
Eco-village plan gains supportA number of high-profile architects, academics and building professionals have lent their support to the development of a 40-…Tue Nov 02 1999 - 00:00
Proposals on regions mirror national planRecommendations in the NESC Report which affect regional development mirror those already expressed by a number of economic consultants…Tue Nov 02 1999 - 00:00
West's intervention in Kosovo `too late'The actress Ms Vanessa Redgrave was shown documentary evidence of genocide in Kosovo, including photographs of children whose…Tue Nov 02 1999 - 00:00
Eircom says network among best in Europe, despite consultants' criticismEircom has disagreed with consultants who have expressed concerns about the availability of the State's telecommunications infrastructure…Tue Oct 26 1999 - 01:00
Minister outlines spending plans to develop regionsMembers of the European Parliament Committee of the Regions, and the EU Commission, were in Dublin yesterday to hear the Minister…Thu Oct 21 1999 - 01:00
Many parts of State could not support high-tech industriesPlans for the development of e-commerce and other high-technology industries have been dealt a substantial blow following the…Wed Oct 20 1999 - 01:00
Over 25,000 Irish jobs through EU initiativesLocal, urban and rural development initiatives have been responsible for creating more than 25,000 full-time jobs over the last…Wed Oct 20 1999 - 01:00
Former racecourse to be developed for housingAn attempt to preserve the amenity zoning of Phoenix Park Racecourse failed at Fingal County Council yesterdayTue Oct 19 1999 - 01:00
Glen of the Downs road protesters seek meetingOpponents of a road-widening scheme through the Glen of the Downs in Co Wicklow were yesterday seeking a meeting with the Garda…Tue Oct 19 1999 - 01:00
Cars to be `actively diverted' from cityDrivers in Dublin, already being encouraged to leave their cars at home by the prospect of more quality bus corridors, now face…Sat Oct 16 1999 - 01:00
Stillorgan QBC boosts passenger numbersThe Stillorgan Quality Bus Corridor has been such a success that European transport authorities find it difficult to believe, …Fri Oct 15 1999 - 01:00
High-tech industry `clusters' hard to generate in the regionsWhat should we do to spread the current economic prosperity to the regions? That is the question which underpins the ESRI review…Thu Oct 14 1999 - 01:00
Major spending is needed on roads, railways and waterThe ESRI is unequivocal about the State's need for major investment in roads, railways and other forms of public infrastructure…Thu Oct 14 1999 - 01:00
Council chairman offers to mediate in DART disputeThe chairman of Wicklow County Council, Mr George Jones, has offered to mediate between the DART drivers' unions and Irish Rail…Wed Oct 13 1999 - 01:00
Victims seek wider inquiryA new group calling itself Border Relatives, whose membership is drawn from families of victims of terrorist attacks along the…Wed Oct 13 1999 - 01:00
New Dundrum centre rejectedRegional Development Correspondent An Bord Pleanala has turned down a proposal for a major shopping and commercial "town-centre…Tue Oct 12 1999 - 01:00
Road safety strategy `could save millions' for ExchequerThe State stands to save £536 million by 2002 by implementing the £120 million Strategy for Road Safety, the economist Dr Peter…Tue Oct 12 1999 - 01:00
New driving theory test aims to reduce deathsA new driving test to include an examination on theory is to be introduced in an attempt to reduce the number of deaths and serious…Tue Oct 12 1999 - 01:00
Carnage on roads `costs over £800m each year'The cost of deaths or serious injuries on the Republic's roads amounts to more than £800 million a year, the Bacon Report on …Mon Oct 11 1999 - 01:00
Summers shop claims successThe Ann Summers "absolutely-not-a-sex-shop", which has been ordered by Dublin Corporation to cease trading in its present position…Thu Oct 07 1999 - 01:00
Duchas objects to plan for Blessington development on archbishop's estateThe Heritage Service, Duchas, has objected to the development of a new town centre for Blessington, in Co Wicklow, claiming that…Thu Oct 07 1999 - 01:00
An Irishman's DiaryI did not go to see the Pope on his visit to Ireland 20 years agoTue Oct 05 1999 - 01:00
Councillors reject Eircell mast despite legal threatWicklow County Council yesterday became the State's first elected body to rescind planning permission for a telecommunications…Tue Oct 05 1999 - 01:00
`Lingerie-with-attitude' shop opensThe Ann Summers "lingerie-with-attitude", or "absolutely-not-a-sex-shop" opened without so much as a raised eyebrow on Dublin…Fri Oct 01 1999 - 01:00
1% Increase in new house prices in three monthsA gradual slowing of the rate of increase of new house prices was sustained in the three months to June, according to the Housing…Thu Sept 30 1999 - 01:00
Stillorgan QBC to be tourism trail routeIt is barely one month old but the south Dublin Quality Bus Corridor is set to become a tourist facility.Thu Sept 30 1999 - 01:00
Weekly paper to be launched next monthA new weekly newspaper, the Dublin People, is to be launched on October 22nd.Tue Sept 28 1999 - 01:00
Doctor says Cuba protest was his dutyDr David Hickey, the former Dublin footballer, used yesterday's All-Ireland senior football final to draw attention to the United…Mon Sept 27 1999 - 01:00
