Seaplane base for Lough Derg approved
Harbour Flight Limited It has been quiet a while due to way too much work in college but from todays IrishTimes, Gordon Deegan writes: A NEW base for seaplanes on the River Shannon at Lough Derg was approved yesterday by An Bord Pleanála. The board rejected appeals against the proposal from An Taisce and Inland...
Westmeath’s gateway plan disappeared in the Tullingathlone triangle
Boom-time plans to turn Athlone, Tullamore and Mullingar into a gateway for economic development met with limited success, writes FRANK McDONALD IT WAS at the edge of Rochfortbridge that the future direction of Dublin’s sprawl first became evident in the mid-1990s. Exactly 80km from the capital, housing estates were materialising on the outskirts of this...
The IT Friday Interview – Power behind EirGrid
THE FRDAY INTERVIEW – Dermot Byrne chief executive, EirGrid: THE VISTA from Dermot Byrne’s Ballsbridge office is dominated by the spectacular curvilinear construction that is the new Aviva stadium. Instead of enjoying this remarkable view as he works, however, the EirGrid chief executive has angled his desk to face a wall adorned with a stark...
Weekend Newspaper Roundup in Planning #2 – 2nd May 2010
Not much in the papers this week. The highlights being gross residential overzoning in the State, but 800, 000 homes – that cant be right. The Liffey man is to be cancelled indefinitely and the continuing dispute over the change in Limerick Border continues.
Weekend Newspaper Roundup in Planning
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...
Internet access and parking key to successful retail districts, says expert
IRISH PLANNING INSTITUTE CONFERENCE: TOWN CENTRES will have to be made more appealing to the “grey market” of half-a-million Irish people over the age of 65, including those who had become online “silver surfers”, according to a leading retail specialist. Cormac Kennedy, of CBRE estate agents, told the Irish Planning Institute (IPI) annual conference in...
TD calls for independent inquiry into causes of November flooding in Cork
CORK LABOUR TD Ciarán Lynch has reiterated his call for an independent inquiry into the causes of November flooding in Cork following conflicting statements about flood warnings to businesses and residents in Cork city and county. According to Mr Lynch, clarification is required after comments by ESB chief executive Padraig McManus before a joint Oireachtas...
[IT] Gormley tells council to reconsider plans
MINISTER FOR the Environment John Gormley has told Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council to reconsider plans to rezone land in south Dublin as part of its county development plan or he may make a direction forcing it to do so. Councillors voted to accept a motion to rezone the Park Village, Carrickmines, close to the N11...
(IT)M50 upgrade and reduced tunnel charges good news for motorists
THE NEW year will bring good news for motorists with the completion of the M50 upgrade and toll reductions for the Dublin Port Tunnel. Both the northbound and southbound mainline sections of the M50 will be completed by the end of January, a spokesman for the National Roads Authority (NRA) said yesterday. Upgrading of a...
Tourism plan for Spike Island
PLANS TO develop Spike Island in Cork Harbour as a major tourist attraction moved a step closer yesterday when an inaugural meeting was held of a special steering committee set up by Cork county manager Martin Riordan to develop the island. Mr Riordan has said he hopes to open Spike Island to the public in...
Thousands of historic land files to be shredded
HUNDREDS OF thousands of documents, some dating from the late 19th century, are to be destroyed as part of the Property Registration Authority’s move towards e- conveyancing. In early 2007 the authority – formerly the Registrar of Deeds and Titles – announced that land certificates were to be abolished by December 31st, 2009, and replaced...
The great experiment by our planners to copy the European tradition of having middle income families live in apartments has largely failed