10% rise in passengers on Stillorgan QBC claimedDublin Bus has claimed a 10 per cent increase in passenger numbers on the Stillorgan route since the Quality Bus Corridor was…Sat Aug 28 1999 - 01:00
IDA to buy back 75-acre Greystones siteThe Industrial Development Agency is to pay just over £7 million to buy back a Co Wicklow land bank which it previously sold …Fri Aug 27 1999 - 01:00
O'Rourke in surprise QBC trialThe Minister for Public Enterprise, Ms O'Rourke, yesterday tried out the new south Dublin Quality Bus Corridor, and was very …Fri Aug 27 1999 - 01:00
Bill contains measures to cut planning appeal delaysAn Bord Pleanala is to be given new powers to meet in divisions - in effect, to divide into several smaller boards - to tackle…Fri Aug 27 1999 - 01:00
Value of Dublin's parks highlightedWhere in Dublin would you find a gardening staff of 330, a budget of £10 million a year, and gardens amounting to some 2,000 …Thu Aug 26 1999 - 01:00
Home ownership option with `affordable' schemeThe Government's new "affordable housing" scheme is to be aimed primarily at those people who, due to rising house prices, have…Thu Aug 26 1999 - 01:00
Glencree summer school to discuss sectarianism, bigotryA member of the Garvaghy Road Residents Association in Portadown will speak on Living with the Reality of Daily Sectarianism …Wed Aug 25 1999 - 01:00
By BikeStarting off from Foxrock church at 8.10 a.m., the first reaction is to wonder where all the traffic has gone.Tue Aug 24 1999 - 01:00
£2.5 bn transport investment plan is proposed by DTO for Dublin areaThe Dublin Transportation Office has submitted an ambitious £2Tue Aug 24 1999 - 01:00
Malahide corridor criticised despite successesOpinion is divided on the contribution of the Malahide Quality Bus Corridor to the reduction of congestion in the north city …Mon Aug 23 1999 - 01:00
Lucan QBC is praised by the AA and Dublin BusThe least controversial Quality Bus Corridor is the Lucan one which begins near the Hermitage golf course in west Dublin and …Mon Aug 23 1999 - 01:00
Dublin bus corridor to open amid fear of more traffic congestion on roadsThe controversial Quality Bus Corridor (QBC) between Foxrock Church and St Stephen's Green was due to open this morning, despite…Mon Aug 23 1999 - 01:00
Corporation urged to learn from northside bus corridor `mistakes'The north Dublin suburb of Fairview became known to commuters as "the library" because drivers would have time to read books …Sat Aug 21 1999 - 01:00
Government considering two rail links to airportThe Government is considering two rail links to Dublin Airport, the Minister for Public Enterprise, Ms O'Rourke, said yesterday…Fri Aug 20 1999 - 01:00
Traffic problems will be worse, AA predictsMotoring organisations believe the Stillorgan "Quality Bus Corridor" will make Dublin's traffic problems worse.Thu Aug 19 1999 - 01:00
A bus every 2 1/2 minutes promised in morning rushDublin Corporation's director of traffic, Mr Owen Keegan, and the director of the Dublin Transportation Office (DTO), Mr John…Thu Aug 19 1999 - 01:00
Stillorgan route to open next weekA controversial "Quality Bus Corridor" from the south side of Dublin to the city centre is to open next Monday, despite its critics…Thu Aug 19 1999 - 01:00
Councils pledge roadworks will be finished on timeLocal authorities in Dublin have said that all roadworks necessary for the introduction of the Stillorgan "Quality Bus Corridor…Thu Aug 19 1999 - 01:00
Committee to ensure departments comply with rural policiesThe Government is to set up a Cabinet sub-committee chaired by the Taoiseach, Mr Ahern, to ensure that all Government policies…Wed Aug 18 1999 - 01:00
Farm groups give cautious welcome to rural development planThe Government's White Paper on rural development was given a cautious welcome by farm and rural groups yesterday.Wed Aug 18 1999 - 01:00
Motorists urged to drive with care in new safety campaignTwenty-six people have been killed on Irish roads so far this month - 20 of them in the Republic - but the overall trend in road…Tue Aug 17 1999 - 01:00
Church demolition is postponed for two weeksThe demolition of a 19th-century Presbyterian church in Sandymount, Dublin, was halted at the 11th hour yesterday - at least …Sat Aug 14 1999 - 01:00
Dublin among best airportsDublin Airport has emerged among the best-performing European airports so far this year, Europe's worst year ever for hold-ups…Sat Aug 14 1999 - 01:00
Stillorgan bus lane delayed by roadworksA decision on a start date for a Quality Bus Corridor in Stillorgan, will not be made before Wednesday next, Dublin Corporation…Sat Aug 14 1999 - 01:00
School told of dual effect of arts centreAn arts centre can be a catalyst for integration among the local community or, alternatively, a cause of division and stress, …Fri Aug 13 1999 - 01:00
Wicklow trust asks tribunal to look at land saleThe Blessington Heritage Trust is to ask the Moriarty Tribunal to look at the sale of Glen Ding wood in Co Wicklow to Roadstone…Thu Aug 12 1999 - 01:00
Ports need £133m over seven years to keep up with trafficAn independent study on seaports commissioned by the Department of the Marine pointed to a shortage in capacity of almost nine…Thu Aug 12 1999 - 01:00
Screen cliches of urban decay `are stigmatising'Cinematic use of symbols such as the Ballymun towers to convey urban decay and social inequality are cynical gestures which offend…Wed Aug 11 1999 - 01:00
Ambitious five-year programme of works planned countrywideOver the coming years a number of road improvement works are scheduled to take place in five-year phases, with the bulk of all…Wed Aug 11 1999 - 01:00
Survey estimates cost of backlog in road improvements at £2 bnA backlog of road improvement schemes has built up over the period of the last National Plan, valued at almost £2 billionWed Aug 11 1999 - 01:00
EU cautions on powers for new bodiesThe State is facing a potential conflict with the European Commission over the level of autonomy it intends to devolve to the…Tue Aug 10 1999 - 01:00
House built for Ireland's richest manConstruction of Castletown House began about 1722, for the Speaker of the Irish House of Commons, William ConollyTue Aug 10 1999 - 01:00
100 houses evacuated and MI closed as unexploded shell is made safeMore than 100 houses were evacuated and the M1 motorway in north Dublin closed yesterday, as an Army bomb disposal team removed…Fri Aug 06 1999 - 01:00
Alternative to jail sentences supportedThe Government should implement proposed alternatives to prison sentences, Opposition spokesmen, judges and prison officers agreed…Wed Aug 04 1999 - 01:00
Minister approves grant to aid fleet renewalThe Minister for the Marine, Dr Woods, has approved £7Wed Aug 04 1999 - 01:00
Cathedral's latest bells to create a world recordDublin's Christ Church Cathedral is to create a world record by installing seven new bells - bringing its total number of swinging…Mon Aug 02 1999 - 01:00
Dempsey details plan to clean up Lough ReeDetails of a major environmental scheme for the protection of water quality in Lough Ree, costed at more than £21 million, were…Fri Jul 16 1999 - 01:00
Corrs keep the media hordes at arm's lengthSaturday night's Corrs concert at Lansdowne Road is a sell-outFri Jul 16 1999 - 01:00
O'Rourke asked to investigate Greystones DART line delayIrish Rail has deferred the planned opening of the DART extension to Greystones, Co Wicklow, at least until August and possibly…Thu Jul 08 1999 - 01:00
Flood criticises Allen's behaviour, says clients knew content of chargeA severe rebuke to Mr Colm Allen SC was delivered by Mr Justice Flood at the tribunal yesterday.Thu Jul 08 1999 - 01:00
`Objection' to mention of HaugheyI never asked for a political donation in my life, Mr Ray Burke told the tribunal yesterday.Thu Jul 08 1999 - 01:00
Burke evidence put off as scope is challengedEvidence which the former minister for foreign affairs, Mr Ray Burke, was to give the Flood tribunal was postponed yesterday, …Wed Jul 07 1999 - 01:00
Ex-JMSE man denies telling of `slush fund'"Never. Absolutely never. Categorically no, neverTue Jul 06 1999 - 01:00
Proposals by task force undermine Udaras roleThe Bord of Udaras na Gaeltachta has expressed concern that its role as the main development authority in the Gaeltacht area …Mon Jul 05 1999 - 01:00
Search for `disappeared' to resume in WicklowThe Garda has announced that following fresh information it is to resume its dig for one of the bodies of the disappeared, at…Sat Jul 03 1999 - 01:00
President, politicians express sympathy to families of airmenThe President, Mrs McAleese, and the Taoiseach, Mr Ahern, as well as embers of the Government and Opposition parties have expressed…Sat Jul 03 1999 - 01:00
Dublin `not in breach' of EU traffic directiveDublin has little to fear from the EU Directive on Combined Traffic which would penalise cities without an adequate traffic management…Fri Jul 02 1999 - 01:00
Big firms that fail to recycle face prosecutionCompanies with a turnover of £1 million which fail to recycle their waste packaging in accordance with the EU Directive on Waste…Thu Jul 01 1999 - 01:00
Cooney apologises for his `mistake'Some of the strongest language used by any party at the Flood tribunal was directed against the solicitor representing Mr James…Thu Jul 01 1999 - 01:00
Shannon-Erne route a huge successThe Shannon-Erne waterway has surprised even its promoters since it was reopened in 1994Wed Jun 30 1999 - 01:00
