Archive for October, 2009

First tracks laid for initial phase of reopening of Dublin-Navan rail line

Colin Broderick on 10 31, 2009 | No Comments

TIM O'BRIEN THE FIRST tracks of phase one of the reopening of the Dublin-Navan railway line were laid yesterday. The 7.5-km double-track line begins at Clonsilla where it will branch off from the Ma

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Wind farms break 1,000MW barrier

Colin Broderick on 10 30, 2009 | No Comments

CHARLIE TAYLOR [singlepic id=6 w=320 h=240 float=left]The amount of electricity generated by Ireland’s wind farms broke the 1,000 megawatts (MW) barrier for the first time last weekend, providing e

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440,000 must buy septic tank licence – Gormley

Colin Broderick on 10 30, 2009 | No Comments

MORE than 400,000 homeowners will be forced to buy a licence for their septic tank under new laws planned for next year. Yesterday, Environment Minister John Gormley said he would introduce a

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€460m sport, leisure complex planned

Colin Broderick on 10 28, 2009 | No Comments

A PLANNING application for what Michael Lowry TD has described as “the most sophisticated and ambitious project that Ireland has ever seen” will be lodged with North Tipperary County Council this

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Fingal – First draft of Plan due next March

Colin Broderick on 10 27, 2009 | No Comments

[singlepic id=12 w=100 h=79 float=left]FINGAL'S new County Development Plan must be agreed by April 2011 with the first draft expected to go on public display next March. Councillors met last week

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Local area plan to be completed

Colin Broderick on 10 27, 2009 | No Comments

 Local area plan to be completed

A LONG-awaited local area plan for Rivermeade in St Margaret's will be completed by the middle of next year, according to Fingal County Council. Cllr Tom Kelleher (Lab) put a motion to a meeting of

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Bus gate halves journey times in capital

Colin Broderick on 10 27, 2009 | No Comments

[singlepic id=11 w=420 h=340 float=left]BUS journey times through Dublin city centre have fallen by half since the controversial bus gGate started operating last July. City traders claim the

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Shannon rail bridge nears completion

Colin Broderick on 10 27, 2009 | No Comments

THE FINAL stage of work to replace one of Iarnród Éireann’s three railway crossings of the Shannon, a bridge near Lough Tap, between Dromod and Carrick-on-Shannon in Co Leitrim, gets under way tod

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Planning board defers key Corrib pipeline decision

Colin Broderick on 10 27, 2009 | No Comments

AN BORD Pleanála has deferred a key decision due to be have been delivered yesterday on the controversial Corrib gas onshore pipeline in north Mayo. The appeals board told The Irish Times that Shel

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Bord’s report doesn’t have much appeal

Colin Broderick on 10 24, 2009 | No Comments

[singlepic id=9 w=109 h=124 float=left]AN BORD Pleanalá’s handsome looking annual report for 2008 contained no great surprises. The workload was down 16 per cent on the previous bumper year;

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