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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Hikers insist developers of golf course cannot block routeA group of about 30 walkers gathered near Enniskerry on the Dublin/Wicklow border yesterday to follow a right of way on which…Mon Jul 12 2004 - 01:00
Naas road update will take two yearsA €200m upgrade of a section of the Naas road between the Dublin/Kildare border and the Naas interchange will result in road …Mon Jul 12 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
Brennan may seek study of peak accidentsThe Minister for Transport, Mr Brennan, has held exploratory talks with the Medical Bureau of Road Safety and Forensic Medicine…Sat Jul 10 2004 - 01:00
Walkers to highlight falloff in number of rights-of-wayThe Enniskerry Walkers' Association is to stage a "symbolic" march across the border between Wicklow and Dublin tomorrow to highlight…Sat Jul 10 2004 - 01:00
First of towers in Ballymun set to bite the dust tomorrowThe Taoiseach, Mr Ahern, will be on hand to see a specially positioned "super long reach" crane bite into the 15-storey Patrick…Fri Jul 09 2004 - 01:00
Big increase in number of apartments approvedPlanning permission is being granted for increasing numbers of apartments, but one-off houses still accounted for 34Thu Jul 08 2004 - 01:00
InfrastructureInvestment in roads and railways, as well as high-technology communications, may be made ahead of demand in regions outside Dublin…Thu Jul 08 2004 - 01:00
€36,000 an acre paid for 'low-hope' landFarmers in the mid-west have received more than €36,000 per acre for land with "low hope" development value from the National…Thu Jul 08 2004 - 01:00
New €83m air traffic control centre opens in ShannonThe new €83 million air traffic control system, which will handle almost 90 per cent of all traffic between Europe and North …Sat Jul 03 2004 - 01:00
Firm sues over bypass contract for DundalkThe road building company SIAC has launched a High Court challenge to the awarding of the contract for the western bypass of …Sat Jul 03 2004 - 01:00
Report urges cities to co-operateA number of key "linkages" between Waterford, Cork, Limerick and Galway that would help those cities to rival the east coast …Sat Jul 03 2004 - 01:00
Luas trams attract 100,000 passengersExcitement with Dublin's new Luas system has continued, with queues of more than 1,000 at the St Stephen's Green and Sandyford…Fri Jul 02 2004 - 01:00
No invitation for former RPA chiefThe former acting chief executive of the Railway Procurement Agency, Mr Donal Mangan, has not received an invitation to tomorrow…Tue Jun 29 2004 - 01:00
City traders to increase damages claim over LuasTraders in Dublin's Harcourt Street have said they will increase the amount of damages they are seeking from the Railway Procurement…Sat Jun 26 2004 - 01:00
New car sales at highest since 2000Sales of new cars rose to 93,319 in the first five months of this year, reversing a trend of declining sales since a high in …Sat Jun 26 2004 - 01:00
Residents raise ramp concernsResidents of Dublin's south inner city have called for a review of safety aspects of the Luas system after a car drove up a railway…Fri Jun 25 2004 - 01:00
Protest marches in major cities to begin at 7 p.m.Stop Bush Campaign: The Stop Bush Campaign, an alliance of anti-war groups, has set 7 p.mFri Jun 25 2004 - 01:00
City council blames Luas test run for Dublin traffic congestionDublin City Council has backed Dublin Bus and blamed Luas for breaching agreed protocols and causing last Tuesday morning's unusually…Fri Jun 25 2004 - 01:00
Road regulations regime criticisedThe Irish Insurance Federation has clashed with the National Safety Council and the Minister for Transport, Mr Brennan, over …Thu Jun 24 2004 - 01:00
Enforcement key, says expertPeople need to believe that if they break the law in relation to road safety they will be caught, and if they are caught they…Tue Jun 22 2004 - 01:00
CIE accused of holding up Waterford developmentWaterford Port has accused CIÉ and Iarnród Éireann of holding up a €100 million redevelopment at the city's North Quays.Tue Jun 22 2004 - 01:00
Protesters call for an end to ban on anti-war postersA crowd of about 40 members of the Irish Anti-War Movement protested outside the inaugural meeting of the new City Council at…Tue Jun 22 2004 - 01:00
Dublin elects Labour lord mayorDublin City Council last night elected a Labour councillor, Mr Michael Conaghan, as the captital's lord mayor.Tue Jun 22 2004 - 01:00
Call to suspend Athy CPO hearingsAn Taisce has called for the suspension of compulsory purchase order (CPO) hearings in relation to the Athy relief road scheme…Tue Jun 22 2004 - 01:00
