City footfall nosedived before Bus Gate review
A new report presented to Dublin City Council says that retail activity in the city centre has been in decline since April 2008. The report was prepared as the local authority decided to review its ‘Bus Gate’ traffic management system, which has had a dramatic adverse impact on retail trade in the city centre —...
Council wants to put halting site in posh suburb – Dalkey
The rich and famous inhabitants of Dalkey in south Co Dublincould be hosting a halting site as well as major commercial development on their coastline if the local council gets its way. Dun Laoghaire/Rathdown Co Council is proposing to zone the coastal area at Bullock Harbour in Dalkey — where Pat Kennylives — for commercial...
€300bn for offshore windfarms – Are windfarms a good idea?
Lets hope the ESB will speed up the connection of wind farms in the future. This industry appears to have great potential for employment in the future and who knows if we get it right we could make a good deal of money from selling the extra electricity we dont use. I would also like...
A time for building bridges
Only noticed this in saturdays irish times today. This article was accompanied with images of the Viaduc de Millau, which I had the pleasure of crossing the year it opened to the public. A truly intriguing experience driving above the clouds in the early morning! You won’t experience anything like it! HERITAGE & HABITAT: NOW THAT “development” is...
Eirgrid gets permit for link
This look’s pretty sweet, for the electricity network. Hopefully it will be fully utilized for exporting all the wind energy that we have already built and in the pipeline. Who know’s maybe one day we could become a wind energy giant with the west coast as just one big massive wind farm! NATIONAL ELECTRICITY network operator...
We need to design a workable land tax