Road safety strategy covers old groundKey aspects of the Government's Road Safety Strategy 2004-2006, which has been published, were originally promised in 1998.Mon Sept 27 2004 - 01:00
Controversial Dublin apartment plan is approvedAn Bord Pleanála has approved planning permission for a major 500-unit apartment development of up to eight storeys in height…Sat Sept 25 2004 - 01:00
New road haulage figures queriedThe Irish Road Haulage Association has questioned new figures which claim the State's haulage business grew by more then 220 …Fri Sept 17 2004 - 01:00
Deputy claims construction of Port Tunnel is 'in crisis'A Dáil debate on the progress of the Dublin Port Tunnel is to be requested by Dublin North Central TD Mr Finian McGrath.Fri Sept 17 2004 - 01:00
Relocation may cost 'millions' in claimsThe State may be facing claims amounting to tens of millions of euro from public servants who hold job-specific contracts of …Thu Sept 16 2004 - 01:00
Shortfall in Dublin landfill capacityDublin city and county is facing a two-year shortfall in landfill capacity with three of its four dumps due to close by 2007, …Tue Sept 14 2004 - 01:00
Green interests united in opposition to decisionReaction: The ESRI yesterday expressed concern about what might happen in the future following the Government decision not to…Sat Sept 11 2004 - 01:00
Roads programme unearths artefactsCountless artefacts which have increased our knowledge and understanding of those who lived on this island in history and pre…Fri Sept 10 2004 - 01:00
Schools to get poll holidaySchools throughout the State which are to be used as polling stations for the presidential election in October are to get an …Fri Sept 10 2004 - 01:00
Work starts on phase two of Cavan bypassFive years after the opening of the first phase of the Cavan bypass - a 9Fri Sept 10 2004 - 01:00
Work on road not to start for three weeksConstruction work on the South Eastern Motorway at Carrickmines in south Co Dublin is not scheduled to get under way for at least…Thu Sept 09 2004 - 01:00
Gardai warn of anti-speed detection devicesDevices designed to automatically open garage doors - but which also frustrate Garda radar guns - are to go on sale at the RDS…Thu Sept 09 2004 - 01:00
New traffic laws include random breath-testingThe Minister for Transport, Mr Brennan, is to amend the Road Traffic Bill before the Dáil, and introduce a second Bill in a bid…Thu Sept 09 2004 - 01:00
Roads authority rejects claims of overstated costsThe National Roads Authority, which is to hold a seminar on its archaeological finds this morning, has rejected claims that it…Thu Sept 09 2004 - 01:00
Disabled man may get legal guardianAn application may be made to the High Court soon to appoint a legal guardian for a 22-year-old "totally dependent" cerebral …Thu Sept 09 2004 - 01:00
Not-on-call doctor complains after home damagedA Co Wicklow doctor has made a formal complaint to gardaí that his house was damaged after he declined to attend a local publican…Tue Sept 07 2004 - 01:00
350-acre north Dublin site proposed for super-dumpA 350-acre site at Tooman in north Co Dublin has been proposed for a new regional super-landfill to serve Dublin city and county…Tue Sept 07 2004 - 01:00
€34bn for infrastructure, health and education, says CowenThe Minister for Foreign Affairs, Mr Cowen, said Government economic policy over the coming years would be to continue to invest…Mon Sept 06 2004 - 01:00
Debate on Wicklow planning decisions is urgedEfforts to raise an emergency debate on planning decisions taken as part of the draft Wicklow County Development Plan will be…Fri Sept 03 2004 - 01:00
Eur1m Killiney homes may be social housingUp to nine €1 million-plus new homes at an exclusive apartment development based around the former Killiney Court Hotel in south…Fri Sept 03 2004 - 01:00
Luas crossing Red Cow interchange in 70 secondsLuas trams on the Tallaght line are crossing the notorious Red Cow interchange in west Dublin in 70 seconds, it has emerged.Fri Sept 03 2004 - 01:00
Asylum-seekers to be moved from house in KillineyThe Department of Justice will begin withdrawing about 100 asylum-seekers from a private house in Killiney, south Dublin, this…Fri Aug 13 2004 - 01:00
An Post says staff did not change addressThe An Post investigation into whether former Fianna Fáil TD Mr Liam Lawlor was able to have a postal address changed in return…Fri Aug 13 2004 - 01:00
Workers vote for strike action at BrinksThe cash security company Brinks Allied last night responded to yesterday's vote for strike action by SIPTU staff members by …Thu Aug 12 2004 - 01:00
Guide dog training group urges responsible animal ownershipMuch of the €35,000 required to breed, train and maintain a guide dog partnership over its working life can be lost because the…Tue Aug 10 2004 - 01:00
Pedigree spaniels stolen in DublinGardaí in Swords, Co Dublin, are appealing for information on the theft of two valuable Cavalier King Charles dogs from the National…Tue Aug 10 2004 - 01:00
Galway vet among four people killed over the weekendA well known west of Ireland veterinary surgeon, Mr Dara Halleran (31), of Tuam, was killed in a traffic accident at the weekend…Mon Aug 09 2004 - 01:00
NRA to order review of road costingsThe National Roads Authority will appoint consultants to review its "investment appraisal and monitoring systems", or value for…Mon Aug 09 2004 - 01:00
Dublin council sees expanded role in policing, healthProposals to alter radically the operation of Dublin City Council and expand its influence in the areas of public transport, …Sat Aug 07 2004 - 01:00
Ringsend odour complaint for EUThe European Commission has agreed to investigate obnoxious smells emanating from the new Dublin sewage treatment plant, in Ringsend…Sat Aug 07 2004 - 01:00
Agency now offering free Luas parking to disabled driversThe Railway Procurement Agency (RPA) has backed down on its decision to charge disabled drivers for parking at park-and-ride …Fri Aug 06 2004 - 01:00
Major roads costing €650m approved for LimerickAn Bord Pleanála has approved the construction of two major road schemes, costing about €650 million, in the mid-west.Fri Aug 06 2004 - 01:00
Cullen in bid to end planning process disparitiesThe Minister for the Environment, Mr Cullen, is seeking to introduce a standard planning service in an attempt to end regional…Fri Aug 06 2004 - 01:00
New drive to boost wind farms' outputNew planning guidelines aimed at creating a five-fold increase in the State's output of wind energy are to be introduced by the…Thu Aug 05 2004 - 01:00
Computers to accelerate penalty points processingFull computerisation of the penalty points system for drivers will be implemented this autumn, according to the Department of…Mon Aug 02 2004 - 01:00
Union accepts many drivers operating in black economyThe National Taxi Drivers' Union has called for "social welfare clearance certificates" to be introduced following the tax-certificate…Mon Aug 02 2004 - 01:00
All Dublin council flats to be offered for sale to tenantsDublin City Council plans to offer its stock of almost 16,500 council flats, valued at about €3 billion, for sale to its tenants…Sat Jul 31 2004 - 01:00
Two die in car crash near NewryA man and a woman were killed and five other people were injured in a traffic accident near Newry, Co Down, yesterday.Sat Jul 31 2004 - 01:00
Dublin to Longford stretch of Royal Canal to be reopened by 2006The Royal Canal will be reopened from Dublin to Ballymahon in Co Longford next year and all the way to the Shannon in just over…Wed Jul 28 2004 - 01:00
Move to tie council to planning-compliant firms failsClare County Council has rejected a move which would have restricted it to accepting goods and services only from companies that…Mon Jul 26 2004 - 01:00
CIE workers who died in bombings receive memorialAbout 150 people, including the Lord Mayor of Dublin, Cllr Michael Conaghan, gathered in Dublin's Sackville Place yesterday for…Sat Jul 24 2004 - 01:00
Miltown Malbay to get first 'e-town' in the StateNew specially designed technology quarters - places where people live and work in a high-tech environment - will be built in …Sat Jul 24 2004 - 01:00
LUAS OPTIMISM: green light for Red routeThe Dublin Transportation Office (DTO) has insisted that up to 60 trams an hour in each direction could cross the Red Cow interchange…Fri Jul 23 2004 - 01:00
McGlinchey complaint against station dismissedThe Broadcasting Complaints Commission (BCC) has dismissed a complaint from Ms Adrienne McGlinchey, a witness at the Morris tribunal…Fri Jul 23 2004 - 01:00
New funds granted for play areasThe Minister of State at the Department of Health and Children, Mr Brian Lenihan, was in ebullient form yesterday morning as …Thu Jul 22 2004 - 01:00
Residents protest at tree-loss due to proposed QBCResidents of Mount Merrion Avenue in south County Dublin have launched a poster campaign in protest at what they claim is the…Mon Jul 19 2004 - 01:00
Brennan plans major shake-up of roads bodyThe Department of Transport is planning radical changes to the National Roads Authority (NRA), including the appointment of a…Fri Jul 16 2004 - 01:00
Traders hopeful of Brennan's support on Cashel by-passTraders in Cashel, Co Tipperary, have said they are hopeful the intervention of the Minister for Transport, Mr Brennan, will …Fri Jul 16 2004 - 01:00
Wicklow council votes to exclude rights of way from planWicklow County Council has voted not to include almost 50 walks and rights of way in its County Development Plan pending the …Tue Jul 13 2004 - 01:00
Time to move on, says Taoiseach as towers come down"It is not the end, it's just the end of the beginning there's years of work left and we will be living on a building site for…Mon Jul 12 2004 - 01:00
