Bulbs for bonfires a trick to halt tradition of age-old treatFROM OFFERING free daffodil bulbs to setting up a phone line to report your neighbours, Dublin’s local authorities are employing…Mon Oct 18 2010 - 01:00
Copy of Poolbeg incinerator contract goes to councillorsA COPY of the contract between Dublin City Council and the developers of the Poolbeg incinerator, Covanta, has been released …Thu Oct 14 2010 - 01:00
Dublin business group seeks to revive rejuvenation plans for 'city markets'PLANS TO redevelop Dublin city’s Victorian fruit and vegetable markets and surrounding area that collapsed two years ago are …Tue Oct 12 2010 - 01:00
Council agrees deal for regeneration of city flatsA DUBLIN INNER city flats complex, parts of which date from 1944, is to be the first housing regeneration scheme built in the…Mon Oct 11 2010 - 01:00
Previous plans McNamara deals scrappedTHE REGENERATION of the Charlemont Street/Tom Kelly flats was initially planned before the collapse in 2008 of the five Bernard…Mon Oct 11 2010 - 01:00
Regeneration of Dolphin House flats 'years away'THE REGENERATION of dilapidated 1950s flat complex Dolphin House is “years away”, Dublin City Council has told residents who …Wed Oct 06 2010 - 01:00
Poolbeg incinerator work set to restartCONSTRUCTION OF the controversial Poolbeg incinerator could restart within months following the decision of An Bord Pleanála …Wed Oct 06 2010 - 01:00
Excessive zonings hindering strategyEXCESSIVE AND inappropriate land zonings by local authorities have obstructed the implementation of the National Spatial Strategy…Tue Oct 05 2010 - 01:00
City centre speed limit of 30km to be amendedTHE 30KM/H speed limit introduced in Dublin city centre last January is to be removed from certain streets after it emerged last…Tue Oct 05 2010 - 01:00
Divisions in Labour over MetroMetro North should proceed as planned, former Labour transport spokesman and TD for Dublin North East Tommy Broughan has said…Mon Oct 04 2010 - 01:00
Metro North should go ahead as planned, says BroughanMETRO NORTH should proceed as planned, former Labour transport spokesman and TD for Dublin North East Tommy Broughan has said…Mon Oct 04 2010 - 01:00
Faecal coliform levels found in flats same as raw sewageFAECAL COLIFORM levels more than 570-million times the safe level for drinking water have been detected in the sinks of flats…Mon Oct 04 2010 - 01:00
An Taisce says unused signage poles 'cluttering' cityMORE THAN 100 bare and redundant poles are littering the streets of Dublin city centre, according to a new audit carried out …Sat Oct 02 2010 - 01:00
Council to cut funding for tenant liaison positions on regeneration projectsDUBLIN CITY Council is to cut funding used to pay tenant representatives in three social housing estates where public-private…Fri Oct 01 2010 - 01:00
Gaeltacht areas will 'disappear' over cutsGAELTACHT areas will “disappear” if capital funding cuts of up to 80 per cent are implemented, Gaeltacht community groups and…Thu Sept 30 2010 - 01:00
Metro North work to begin in April despite calls for rethinkWORK ON the long-awaited Metro North line from St Stephen’s Green to Dublin airport and north Co Dublin will begin in April, …Mon Sept 27 2010 - 01:00
Waste plan would raise bin charges - councilHOUSEHOLDS WILL pay more for waste collection if the draft national waste policy published by Minister for the Environment John…Fri Sept 24 2010 - 01:00
Initial hearings on Dart, Luas lines next weekALMOST 400 groups and individuals have been invited to An Bord Pleanála preliminary hearings next week on the proposed Dart underground…Sat Sept 18 2010 - 01:00
City park to be renamed Merrion Square ParkA DECISION has been taken to rename Archbishop Ryan Park in Dublin as Merrion Square Park despite overwhelming public support…Wed Sept 15 2010 - 01:00
Council to submit plans for O'Devaney Gardens projectTHE REGENERATION of the troubled O’Devaney Gardens has moved a step closer with the decision by Dublin City Council to submit…Tue Sept 14 2010 - 01:00
Gormley wants legislation for Dublin mayor before ChristmasTHE RACE for the first directly elected mayor of Dublin is unlikely to get under way before next year following delays in legislation…Tue Sept 14 2010 - 01:00
Council opposes overhead cables on cross-city Luas lineDUBLIN CITY Council is opposing a plan to use overhead power cables on the proposed cross-city Luas line because of their detrimental…Mon Sept 13 2010 - 01:00
Failure to end long-term homelessness 'a disgrace'THE GOVERNMENT’S failure to keep its promise to end long-term homelessness is “appalling, disgraceful and unforgivable”, Focus…Mon Sept 13 2010 - 01:00
Councils lose €650m on landLocal authorities have incurred debts of about €650 million on loans for land bought for social and affordable housing which …Sat Sept 11 2010 - 01:00
Harney recalls her devastation after losing university friend to suicideMINISTER FOR Health Mary Harney has spoken of her shock and devastation at the loss of a friend to suicide when she was a university…Sat Sept 11 2010 - 01:00
Councils lose €650m on unused land banksLOCAL AUTHORITIES have incurred debts of about €650 million on loans for land bought for social and affordable housing which …Sat Sept 11 2010 - 01:00
Government to pay local council property debtsMORE THAN €30 million in debts accrued by Dublin City Council on loans for undeveloped housing land are to be paid off by the…Fri Sept 10 2010 - 01:00
Speed limit in Dublin city centre 'hasn't made a blind bit of difference'THE 30KM/H restrictions introduced in Dublin city centre last January “haven’t made a blind bit of difference” to motorists’ …Tue Sept 07 2010 - 01:00
Gormley accuses council of withholding informationMINISTER FOR the Environment John Gormley has accused Dublin City Council management of withholding information on the contract…Tue Sept 07 2010 - 01:00
City manager to extend incinerator contract to MayDUBLIN CITY manager John Tierney has said he could now terminate the contract with the developers of the controversial Poolbeg…Tue Sept 07 2010 - 01:00
City manager extends Poolbeg incinerator contractDublin City Manager John Tierney has said he could now terminate the contract with the developers of the controversial Poolbeg…Mon Sept 06 2010 - 01:00
Poolbeg incinerator update tonightAN UPDATE on the status of the contract between Dublin City Council and the developers of the Poolbeg incinerator will be given…Mon Sept 06 2010 - 01:00
Motorists ignoring 30km city centre speed limit, council findsTHE 30KM/H speed limit introduced in Dublin city centre last January has brought motorists’ speeds down by just over 1km/h during…Mon Sept 06 2010 - 01:00
Car park trade down 17% with 'bus gate'THE NUMBER of drivers using Dublin city centre car parks has fallen by up to 17 per cent since the introduction of the College…Mon Sept 06 2010 - 01:00
Council will not break incinerator contractDUBLIN CITY Council has denied claims that it could break its contract with the developers of the Poolbeg incinerator without…Sat Sept 04 2010 - 01:00
Minister says Pakistani disaster to get worse before it improvesTHE HUMANITARIAN disaster caused by flooding in Pakistan will get worse before it gets better, Minister of State for Overseas…Fri Sept 03 2010 - 01:00
Pakistan disaster 'to get worse'The humanitarian disaster caused by the floods in Pakistan will get worse before it got better, Minister for Overseas Development…Thu Sept 02 2010 - 01:00
Phibsborough set for arts festivalWRITERS ANNE Enright and Dermot Bolger, artist Robert Ballagh, comedian Kevin McAleer and actor Pat Kinevan are to take part …Wed Sept 01 2010 - 01:00
Dublin council may provide broadband via city's sewersPLANS TO use Dublin’s sewers to provide high-speed broadband internet access to businesses and homes across the city are being…Wed Sept 01 2010 - 01:00
Plan for 2,000km national cycle-path network unveiledPLANS FOR a 2,000km national network of cycle paths connecting cities and major town across the Republic have been drafted by…Fri Aug 20 2010 - 01:00
Residents object to council's CPORESIDENTS GROUPS in Ringsend and Sandymount are to lodge objections with An Bord Pleanála against Dublin City Council’s plans…Wed Aug 18 2010 - 01:00
Poolbeg incinerator project to face further delaysTHE CONTROVERSIAL Poolbeg incinerator project is set to face further delays and costs following a decision by Dublin City Council…Tue Aug 17 2010 - 01:00
Hayes alleges gross incompetence as school building funds not being spentLESS THAN one quarter of the 2010 budget for new school buildings was spent in the first six months of this year, according to…Mon Aug 16 2010 - 01:00
Preserving not bulldozing is best option, says ParlonFUTURE PLANNING: BULLDOZING UNFINISHED housing estates would be a “complete waste of money”, Construction Industry Federation…Mon Aug 16 2010 - 01:00
Private waste group in Poolbeg challengeREPRESENTATIVES OF private waste companies are to mount a new legal challenge against the Poolbeg incinerator and Dublin City…Thu Aug 12 2010 - 01:00
Council faces huge glut of social and affordable housingANALYSIS: DÚN LAOGHAIRE-Rathdown County Council is facing a battle with developers to stop a €42 million bill for social and…Wed Aug 11 2010 - 01:00
Development plan for golf club site given green lightAN BORD Pleanála has granted permission for more than 600 apartments and houses on the site of the former Dún Laoghaire Golf …Wed Aug 11 2010 - 01:00
Dún Laoghaire scheme approvedAn Bord Pleanála has granted permission for more than 600 apartments and houses on the site of the former Dún Laoghaire Golf …Tue Aug 10 2010 - 01:00
Green Party says pay chief 'misguided' after criticism of recruitment planTHE GREEN Party has accused the chairman of the Higher Public Servants Remuneration Committee of being “misguided” and “blinkered…Sat Aug 07 2010 - 01:00
€183,000 to store e-voting machinesALMOST €183,000 is expected to be spent this year on storage for electronic voting machines which Minister for the Environment…Sat Aug 07 2010 - 01:00
