Eircom says network among best in Europe, despite consultants' criticismEircom has disagreed with consultants who have expressed concerns about the availability of the State's telecommunications infrastructure…Tue Oct 26 1999 - 01:00
Minister outlines spending plans to develop regionsMembers of the European Parliament Committee of the Regions, and the EU Commission, were in Dublin yesterday to hear the Minister…Thu Oct 21 1999 - 01:00
Over 25,000 Irish jobs through EU initiativesLocal, urban and rural development initiatives have been responsible for creating more than 25,000 full-time jobs over the last…Wed Oct 20 1999 - 01:00
Many parts of State could not support high-tech industriesPlans for the development of e-commerce and other high-technology industries have been dealt a substantial blow following the…Wed Oct 20 1999 - 01:00
Glen of the Downs road protesters seek meetingOpponents of a road-widening scheme through the Glen of the Downs in Co Wicklow were yesterday seeking a meeting with the Garda…Tue Oct 19 1999 - 01:00
Former racecourse to be developed for housingAn attempt to preserve the amenity zoning of Phoenix Park Racecourse failed at Fingal County Council yesterdayTue Oct 19 1999 - 01:00
Cars to be `actively diverted' from cityDrivers in Dublin, already being encouraged to leave their cars at home by the prospect of more quality bus corridors, now face…Sat Oct 16 1999 - 01:00
Stillorgan QBC boosts passenger numbersThe Stillorgan Quality Bus Corridor has been such a success that European transport authorities find it difficult to believe, …Fri Oct 15 1999 - 01:00
Major spending is needed on roads, railways and waterThe ESRI is unequivocal about the State's need for major investment in roads, railways and other forms of public infrastructure…Thu Oct 14 1999 - 01:00
High-tech industry `clusters' hard to generate in the regionsWhat should we do to spread the current economic prosperity to the regions? That is the question which underpins the ESRI review…Thu Oct 14 1999 - 01:00
Victims seek wider inquiryA new group calling itself Border Relatives, whose membership is drawn from families of victims of terrorist attacks along the…Wed Oct 13 1999 - 01:00
Council chairman offers to mediate in DART disputeThe chairman of Wicklow County Council, Mr George Jones, has offered to mediate between the DART drivers' unions and Irish Rail…Wed Oct 13 1999 - 01:00
New driving theory test aims to reduce deathsA new driving test to include an examination on theory is to be introduced in an attempt to reduce the number of deaths and serious…Tue Oct 12 1999 - 01:00
New Dundrum centre rejectedRegional Development Correspondent An Bord Pleanala has turned down a proposal for a major shopping and commercial "town-centre…Tue Oct 12 1999 - 01:00
Road safety strategy `could save millions' for ExchequerThe State stands to save £536 million by 2002 by implementing the £120 million Strategy for Road Safety, the economist Dr Peter…Tue Oct 12 1999 - 01:00
Carnage on roads `costs over £800m each year'The cost of deaths or serious injuries on the Republic's roads amounts to more than £800 million a year, the Bacon Report on …Mon Oct 11 1999 - 01:00
Duchas objects to plan for Blessington development on archbishop's estateThe Heritage Service, Duchas, has objected to the development of a new town centre for Blessington, in Co Wicklow, claiming that…Thu Oct 07 1999 - 01:00
Summers shop claims successThe Ann Summers "absolutely-not-a-sex-shop", which has been ordered by Dublin Corporation to cease trading in its present position…Thu Oct 07 1999 - 01:00
An Irishman's DiaryI did not go to see the Pope on his visit to Ireland 20 years agoTue Oct 05 1999 - 01:00
Councillors reject Eircell mast despite legal threatWicklow County Council yesterday became the State's first elected body to rescind planning permission for a telecommunications…Tue Oct 05 1999 - 01:00
`Lingerie-with-attitude' shop opensThe Ann Summers "lingerie-with-attitude", or "absolutely-not-a-sex-shop" opened without so much as a raised eyebrow on Dublin…Fri Oct 01 1999 - 01:00
1% Increase in new house prices in three monthsA gradual slowing of the rate of increase of new house prices was sustained in the three months to June, according to the Housing…Thu Sept 30 1999 - 01:00
Stillorgan QBC to be tourism trail routeIt is barely one month old but the south Dublin Quality Bus Corridor is set to become a tourist facility.Thu Sept 30 1999 - 01:00
Weekly paper to be launched next monthA new weekly newspaper, the Dublin People, is to be launched on October 22nd.Tue Sept 28 1999 - 01:00
Bishop warns of unrealistic hopes in celebrations for the millenniumThe Church of Ireland Bishop of Cork, Cloyne and Ross, the Right Rev Paul Colton, has asked people of all denominations to keep…Mon Sept 27 1999 - 01:00
Doctor says Cuba protest was his dutyDr David Hickey, the former Dublin footballer, used yesterday's All-Ireland senior football final to draw attention to the United…Mon Sept 27 1999 - 01:00
Bray centre upheld - conditions addedAn Bord Pleanala has upheld Bray Urban District Council's decision to grant planning permission for a new civic centre development…Sat Sept 25 1999 - 01:00
Warning on Dublin commutingImprovements in the Republic's road and rail network should not be made solely to allow people to commute to Dublin for work, …Sat Sept 25 1999 - 01:00
Housing prices may rise by 25%House prices will have risen by 25 per cent by the end of the year, signalling the failure of measures to tackle the housing …Wed Sept 22 1999 - 01:00
`Green' waste treatment plant gets licenceThe State's first "green" hazardous waste treatment plant has been licensed by the Environmental Protection Agency.Sat Sept 18 1999 - 01:00
First Jail sentence given under conservation lawsA Co Clare man ahs been sentences to four months in jail at Corofin District Court for removing up to 90 lorryloads of limestone…Fri Sept 17 1999 - 01:00
Staff to be trained for no-smoking bar areasBartenders in the Eastern Health Board area are to be trained in techniques to deal with the advent of no-smoking areas in public…Thu Sept 16 1999 - 01:00
Mystery student gets 11 As in Junior CertThe Department of Education has said one pupil had achieved a spectacular 11 As in the Junior Certificate results, published …Thu Sept 16 1999 - 01:00
President starts 7-day visit to CaliforniaThe President, Mrs McAleese, left Dublin yesterday for a weeklong visit to California.Thu Sept 16 1999 - 01:00
Internal Revenue report not acted uponUp to £750 million in DIRT taxes, interest and penalties was the cost to the Revenue Commissioners of bogus non-resident accounts…Sat Sept 04 1999 - 01:00
Court sets date for appeal on Glen of the Downs road planWicklow County Council and anti-roads protesters camped at the Glen of the Downs in Co Wicklow have been given a date by the …Sat Sept 04 1999 - 01:00
`Ideal' man for inquiry transferredA senior inspector in the Revenue Commissioners, Mr D.ASat Sept 04 1999 - 01:00
£200,000 home windfall queriedAffordable Housing Schemes have come in for criticism after it emerged that a Co Wicklow family are selling their home, developed…Sat Sept 04 1999 - 01:00
Cavan bypass to ease another bottleneckAnother of the State's traffic bottlenecks will be eased from Monday with the opening of the Cavan town bypass.Sat Sept 04 1999 - 01:00
Testing of bus lane delayed as commuters stay awayA lorry that broke down outside Donnybrook Garda station and a car that broke down in a bus lane delayed buses on the Stillorgan…Thu Sept 02 1999 - 01:00
Tax breaks for park and ride site developersThe Minister for the Environment, Mr Dempsey, has outlined measures by which private developers may avail of tax breaks to build…Wed Sept 01 1999 - 01:00
Coastal park development to follow Beatles garden themeAn imaginative sea-themed garden, inspired by the Octopus's Garden made famous by the Beatles, is to open with the aid of urban…Wed Sept 01 1999 - 01:00
Important mastitis treatment developed by Kildare companyAn Irish company in co-operation with researchers in the US and Britain has claimed an important breakthrough in the treatment…Wed Sept 01 1999 - 01:00
Sectarianism in NI `not institutional'Northern Ireland's institutions are not intrinsically sectarian, the Glencree Summer School in Co Wicklow was told at the weekend…Mon Aug 30 1999 - 01:00
Action against eco-warriors in Wicklow likely within daysAction to remove the anti-road widening protesters camped at the Glen of the Downs in Co Wicklow is imminent, the county council…Sat Aug 28 1999 - 01:00
10% rise in passengers on Stillorgan QBC claimedDublin Bus has claimed a 10 per cent increase in passenger numbers on the Stillorgan route since the Quality Bus Corridor was…Sat Aug 28 1999 - 01:00
IDA to buy back 75-acre Greystones siteThe Industrial Development Agency is to pay just over £7 million to buy back a Co Wicklow land bank which it previously sold …Fri Aug 27 1999 - 01:00
O'Rourke in surprise QBC trialThe Minister for Public Enterprise, Ms O'Rourke, yesterday tried out the new south Dublin Quality Bus Corridor, and was very …Fri Aug 27 1999 - 01:00
Bill contains measures to cut planning appeal delaysAn Bord Pleanala is to be given new powers to meet in divisions - in effect, to divide into several smaller boards - to tackle…Fri Aug 27 1999 - 01:00
