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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Sinnott forwarded e-mail urging anti-abortion novenaIRISH MEP Kathy Sinnott has acknowledged she forwarded a chain letter which called for fasting and nine days of prayer beginning…Wed Jan 07 2009 - 00:00
€500,000 in penalties from VRT crackdownA TEN-day crackdown on vehicle registration tax (VRT) evasion has resulted in the seizure of 140 vehicles as well as motorists…Wed Jan 07 2009 - 00:00
Report backs €2bn Dublin eastern bypassThe National Roads Authority (NRA) is finalising a report that claims a €2 billion-plus Dublin eastern bypass is economically…Wed Jan 07 2009 - 00:00
Proposal to create new town near Bray criticisedTHE CHAIRMAN of Wicklow County Council has criticised the local authority's plans to create a new town at Fassaroe on the edge…Fri Jan 02 2009 - 00:00
Unauthorised quarry seeks to expandWICKLOW COUNTY Council is to decide next week whether to allow an unauthorised quarrying operation to import up to 1,200 tonnes…Mon Dec 08 2008 - 00:00
40km section of M8 finished seven months earlyONE OF the longest sections of road in the State's motorway development programme, the 40km Cullahill to Cashel section of the…Fri Dec 05 2008 - 00:00
RSA 'blacklists' lorry driversA 'BLACKLIST' of heavy goods vehicle companies who commit offences in Ireland and abroad, is being compiled by the Road Safety…Wed Dec 03 2008 - 00:00
Councillors to resist pressure on Burke issueDUBLIN CITY councillors who are members of the Dublin Port Company are set to resist pressure to challenge the position of the…Mon Dec 01 2008 - 00:00
Car-crazy road show wraps up in Top GearTHE BRASH, unapologetic love affair with big, powerful cars that is Top Gear Live concluded its 10-gig Irish run at the RDS in…Mon Dec 01 2008 - 00:00
Shoppers urged to leave cars at homeSHOPPERS SHOULD where possible use public transport to help keep traffic moving in urban centres this Christmas season, according…Mon Dec 01 2008 - 00:00
Operation Freeflow begins in DublinOPERATION FREEFLOW 2008 gets under way in the capital this weekend when 166 probationary gardaí are drafted in to assist in traffic…Sat Nov 29 2008 - 00:00
Plan 'does not preclude' second incineratorTHE RELIANCE in the Dublin waste management plan on a waste-to-energy plant at Poolbeg did not preclude the development of a …Fri Nov 28 2008 - 00:00
Plans for new power line in DonegalEIRGRID IS to lodge a planning application within two weeks for a new high-voltage power line in Co Donegal.Thu Nov 27 2008 - 00:00
Electric cars for business tax deductibleA PACKAGE of incentives to encourage motorists to switch to electric vehicles was unveiled in Dublin city centre by Minister …Thu Nov 27 2008 - 00:00
