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130 objections lodged against Shell licence application

Colin Broderick on 02 26, 2010 | No Comments

[caption id="attachment_432" align="alignleft" width="150" caption="source: www.corribgaspipeline.com"][/caption] THE DEPARTMENT of the Environment has received more than 130 submissions in res

O’Toole blind to sinister side of Corrib campaign

Colin Broderick on 02 26, 2010 | No Comments

OPINION: The anti-Shell protesters were depicted accurately in court recently – but not so on these pages, writes GERRY GREGG FINTAN O’TOOLE’S column last week on the Corrib Gas row says a lo

[IT] – Slane bypass to run close to Boyne heritage sites

Colin Broderick on 01 22, 2010 | No Comments

THE NATIONAL Roads Authority has confirmed that the proposed route of the bypass of Slane village will pass some 500 metres “from the perimeter” of the buffer zone of the Brú na Bóinne Unesco Wo

[IT] Gormley to reject remarks on incinerator

Colin Broderick on 01 10, 2010 | No Comments

MINISTER FOR the Environment John Gormley will express his “dismay” at a Cabinet meeting next week over remarks by Dublin city manager John Tierney on the controversial Poolbeg incinerator project

Bremore group says area could be as important as Tara

Colin Broderick on 12 21, 2009 | No Comments

Looks like the archeology could strike again, thanks to the majority of it not being visible. However the falling world port traffic might provide a respite for some of the archaeology to be found an

‘Republic now two hours wide’ M6 finished

Colin Broderick on 12 20, 2009 | No Comments

THE REPUBLIC is now just “two hours wide” with completion of the first “inter-urban” M6 corridor between Galway and Dublin. Minister for Transport Noel Dempsey marked the little bit of hist

FG in call over Poolbeg incinerator

Colin Broderick on 12 12, 2009 | No Comments

Fine Gael has called on Dublin City Council to prevent the commencement of construction work on the Poolbeg incinerator over alleged non-compliance with the planning procedure. Late last month, an

New bridge opens to traffic – Beckett Bridge

Colin Broderick on 12 11, 2009 | No Comments

[singlepic id=18 w=320 h=240 float=left]Dublin's €60 million Samuel Beckett Bridge, designed by internationally renowned architect Santiago Calatrava, opened to traffic this morning. Motorists ha

Luas Red Line extension to open on Tuesday

Colin Broderick on 12 5, 2009 | No Comments

[singlepic id=17 w=220 h=340 float=left]THE LUAS extension from Bus Áras to the Point is to open on Tuesday and will face its first big challenge within hours, the Railway Procurement Agency (RPA) sa

Labour calls for retention of €8m funds for rural transport programme

Colin Broderick on 12 2, 2009 | No Comments

THE LABOUR Party has called for the retention of some €8 million in funding for the rural transport programme, which is “critical” for tens of thousands of people living in the countryside. L

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