Minister is left grounded after failing to produce IDThere are no exceptions, as Minister for Arts and Tourism John O'Donoghue learned to his cost on being refused permission to …Mon Mar 06 2006 - 00:00
Anti-pollution drive 'not sufficient'EU environment commissioner Stavros Dimas has said efforts to combat environmental pollution in the Republic are not sufficient…Sat Mar 04 2006 - 00:00
Conservationist awaiting court case on National Monuments ActConservationist Vincent Salafia yesterday lost his High Court attempt to halt the planned construction of the 50 kilometre M3…Thu Mar 02 2006 - 00:00
Speed limit legality queriedMinister for Transport Martin Cullen has written to local authorities expressing concern over the "legal validity" of speed limits…Wed Mar 01 2006 - 00:00
Public inquiry into 7.5km Luas extension to Cherrywood opensMatters surrounding the proposed extension of the Luas to Cherrywood in south Co Dublin were outlined at the start of a public…Tue Feb 28 2006 - 00:00
McDowell plans to amend tenancy legislationMinister for Justice Michael McDowell is to amend the Landlord and Tenant Act 1980 to allow tenants to sign away their rights…Tue Feb 28 2006 - 00:00
Historic sites to be raised at Luas inquiryThe presence of significant archeological remains along the proposed route of the Luas extension to Cherrywood is likely to be…Mon Feb 27 2006 - 00:00
€145m will boost quality of water suppliesUp to 45,000 householders are to benefit from improved water supplies this year under a €145 million rural water scheme announced…Fri Feb 24 2006 - 00:00
New Luas extension to terminate at Fortunestown in west DublinThe route of a 3.5km (2Fri Feb 24 2006 - 00:00
OPW to expand use of its buildings for phone mastsThe Office of Public Works (OPW) has said it expects "dozens" of its mobile phone masts on Garda stations to be upgraded in coming…Thu Feb 23 2006 - 00:00
Oral hearing on Greystones harbour in MarchBord Pleanála has set a date for an oral hearing into plans for the redevelopment of Greystones harbour in Co Wicklow, with more…Thu Feb 23 2006 - 00:00
Arrangements being made to repatriate deadThe bodies of the five people who died in the Donegal car crash at the weekend were being kept at Altnagelvin and Letterkenny…Tue Feb 21 2006 - 00:00
Buncrana in shock after another fatal collisionBuncrana was in shock again at the weekend, as townspeople awoke to another Saturday morning and news of another multiple fatal…Mon Feb 20 2006 - 00:00
Ruling vindicates teachers' rights, says ASTIThe Association of Secondary Teachers Ireland has congratulated a member after yesterday's High Court rulingSat Feb 18 2006 - 00:00
Shannon Development censuredAn internal audit of a proposal by Shannon Development to sell a factory and 47-acre industrial site in Co Clare was dropped …Fri Feb 17 2006 - 00:00
Oireachtas body calls for sawmills inquiryAn Oireachtas committee is to ask Minister for the Environment Dick Roche to appoint an inspector to investigate an Offaly-based…Thu Feb 16 2006 - 00:00
Speed limits legality may be in doubtDublin City Council among the authorities that have not yet formally adopted special speed limits in their areaWed Feb 15 2006 - 00:00
Clamped drivers left blowing in the windA change in the design of Dublin City Council's parking tickets has resulted in a number of motorists who have paid their parking…Wed Feb 15 2006 - 00:00
Original handwritten words of national anthem may fetch €1.2mThe original, handwritten words of the national anthem, Amhrán na bhFiann, are set to mark a resurgence of interest in independence…Tue Feb 14 2006 - 00:00
Traffic havoc after four pile-upsCommuters and freight traffic suffered major disruption yesterday after four separate pile-ups closed sections of the M50, N11…Tue Feb 14 2006 - 00:00
Waste on Roadstone land must be movedThe Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has refused permission to Roadstone to create a managed landfill for illegally dumped…Sat Feb 11 2006 - 00:00
Cullen agrees to end driving ban loopholeA loophole that allows drivers from the Republic to collect a driving ban in Britain, the Isle of Man or Northern Ireland and…Fri Feb 10 2006 - 00:00
Delegation to study road safety policy in AustraliaA delegation of members of the Oireachtas Committee on Transport left Dublin yesterday on a 10day fact-finding mission to Victoria…Fri Feb 10 2006 - 00:00
Cullen blames speed limit violations for road death riseHard-hitting road safety advertisements on television were being ignored by motorists and new ways of getting road safety messages…Thu Feb 09 2006 - 00:00
Road safety measures outlinedSpeed limiters on cars driven by provisional licence-holders, driving lessons in aircraft-like simulators and black-box technology…Thu Feb 09 2006 - 00:00
Gardai oversaw blasting at disputed quarryProperty owners in Ashford, Co Wicklow, have been advised by gardaí to leave their property when blasting is taking place at …Mon Feb 06 2006 - 00:00
FG says 'mistakes' made in West-Link contract repeated"Mistakes" made in the 1987 contract governing the operation of the West-Link bridge were repeated in the 2001 contract for the…Mon Feb 06 2006 - 00:00
EU grants State deferral in nitrates lawMajor confrontation between farmers and the Government appears to have been averted after the European Union agreed to defer …Fri Feb 03 2006 - 00:00
West-Link toll operator built 3.2km of M50National Toll Roads, operator of the West-Link bridge in Dublin, has an interest in a 3.2km section of the M50 motorway.Fri Feb 03 2006 - 00:00
West Dublin development approvedAn Bord Pleanála has approved a Strategic Development Zone (SDZ) to deliver almost 3,000 new homes and a new rail line at Hansfield…Thu Feb 02 2006 - 00:00
Survey will test three metro routes to airportA geotechnical survey of route options for the Dublin Airport Metro will test underground conditions along three options, the…Thu Feb 02 2006 - 00:00
€557m to be spent on local roads upgradeCork County Council is to receive €50.5 million towards the cost of improving non-national roads this year.Tue Jan 31 2006 - 00:00
Motorists to pay €1.5b for M50 upgradeMotorists will be asked to pay at least €1Tue Jan 31 2006 - 00:00
Scale of Greystones redevelopment 'too greedy'A €300 million redevelopment scheme for Greystones harbour in Co Wicklow, is to be raised in the Dáil by the deputy leader of…Tue Jan 31 2006 - 00:00
Dismay at prospect of full tolling on M50Residents associations, the AA and politicians in the vicinity of the M50 motorway have expressed dismay at the prospect of tolling…Tue Jan 31 2006 - 00:00
EU grants State deferral in nitrates lawMajor confrontation between farmers and the Government appears to have been averted after the European Union agreed to defer …Sat Jan 28 2006 - 00:00
Gardai cannot impound uninsured foreign carsThe Garda Síochána does not have powers to impound untaxed or uninsured foreign-registered cars driven by non-residents of the…Thu Jan 26 2006 - 00:00
Transfer scheme is 'shambles', says KennyFine Gael leader Enda Kenny has described the Government's decentralisation scheme as "a shambles", and said it should be honest…Mon Jan 23 2006 - 00:00
Radical shakeup planned for bus routes in DublinA review of Dublin Bus routes which will be presented to Transport Minister Martin Cullen next month is to recommend the most…Sat Jan 21 2006 - 00:00
FG launches Dublin transport policyDublin Bus has developed quality corridors for which it does not have buses, resulting in a waste of critical road space, Fine…Sat Jan 21 2006 - 00:00
Lack of diversion signs cause for complaintThere was ample evidence on the M4 through the midlands yesterday that significant numbers of heavy goods vehicles were avoiding…Tue Jan 17 2006 - 00:00
WORKERS' REACTION: shock gives way to anxietyFive members of the Cox family from Edgeworthstown who worked in C&D Foods stood in the rain in shock yesterday as smoke …Tue Jan 17 2006 - 00:00
Expansion of Tramore delayed by sewage problemWaterford County Council is to commission a new study to provide for the development and expansion of the seaside resort of Tramore…Tue Jan 17 2006 - 00:00
Truckers close M4's HGV lane in protest at tollsNearly 90 lorries took part in the Irish Road Haulage Association's "National No Pay Day" of protest at the M4 toll plaza near…Tue Jan 17 2006 - 00:00
Hauliers to blockade M4 toll plaza todayA convoy of heavy goods vehicles and lorries will attempt to blockade the M4 toll plaza near Enfield, Co Meath, this morning …Mon Jan 16 2006 - 00:00
Composting plants to aid Dublin's new waste serviceDublin local authorities will set up two major composting facilities to cater for the introduction of a region-wide brown bin…Thu Jan 12 2006 - 00:00
Transport plan is set to raise values by up to 20%Infrastructure&Development Property prices in parts of Dublin could rise by up to 20 per cent as a result of the State transport…Thu Jan 12 2006 - 00:00
Lead poisoning linked to deaths of 48 swansThe cause of the deaths of 48 swans in or near a wildfowl reserve in Co Wexford may be lead poisoning, according to the National…Wed Jan 11 2006 - 00:00
Report shows need for thermal treatment of waste, says RocheThe National Waste Report 2004 published this morning highlights the need for thermal treatment, Minister for the Environment…Tue Jan 10 2006 - 00:00
Waste collection not used by quarter of householdsThe Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has called for more regulation of waste management services after a report found a …Tue Jan 10 2006 - 00:00
