Welcome to the first edition of what i hope to be many, which is basically a round-up of all the planning related news to which links are available to on the net.
IrishTimes
Not too much in the Irish Times this weekend:
Unemployed architects to give workshops in schools – http://bit.ly/df98iU
Survey by TomTom says Dublin traffic among worst in Europe – http://bit.ly/a6JOBZ
Irish Independent:
Plenty to read in the Indo this weekend.
Plans for offenders’ centre spark anger - http://bit.ly/cO8mLN
Residents and business’s are not happy with the department of justice for indicating they will locate an offenders centre on Capel street / Henry street.
Councils face bankruptcy over deals struck on housing during the boom – http://bit.ly/c1f7p8
Local authorities across the country could be facing bankruptcy or severe financial difficulties over deals which were struck with developers at the height of the property boom to buy social and affordable homes.
Gormley urges locals to ‘cool it a bit’ over boundary - http://bit.ly/aEUeCT
The ongoing saga of expanding the Limerick City Council Boundary.
Galway rents stabilise in first quarter of 2010 - http://bit.ly/aMNb7m
Rents for some sectors of the Galway commercial property market stabilised during the first quarter of the year after having earlier fallen sharply from their 2008 peaks.
Electricity demand falls to 2005 levels on economy slump; Eirgrid – http://bit.ly/adzJ8Q
Electricity demand fell to a level not seen since 2005 as a result of the economic slowdown and will probably not recover to 2008 levels until some time between 2012 and 2014, according to the chief executive of Eirgrid, the semi-state body that manages the island’s electricity transmission network.
Sunday Tribune
Smurfit eyes K Club rezoning as Gannon to sell up – http://bit.ly/cbRrPZ
‘Mr Newry’ says number of Southern shoppers down 50% - http://bit.ly/905L3a
Mansfield rival opposes school plan – http://bit.ly/aWF9O8
Objections to plan for an English language school for Saudi Arabian students at Citywest in Dublin
Straight Talking, Lorcan Sirr – Ghost estates will haunt us for years – http://bit.ly/cMdjsX
Details all the headaches the state must face in terms of extablishing how many houses form the ghost estates and also the issues with what happens when they do as the local authorities duty is not to ensure that any land situate in their functional area does not become or continue to be a derelict site.
Thats it for this weekend folks
Dublin needs to start having marchs like these guys - Clermont ASM fans in Dublin for the Heinken Cup QF 2010
Colin
These could be related:
