FG in call over Poolbeg incinerator
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 announcement was made by the council that it would start construction of the 600,000 tonne incinerator within weeks, a move then described by Minister for...
Dublin ban on four-axle lorries not to go ahead
A ROAD safety and traffic management measure that would have meant hundreds of large lorries removed from Dublin city streets daily has been set aside because the city council has no budget for the plan. Despite the success of a heavy goods vehicle (HGV) ban introduced following the opening of the Dublin Port Tunnel, the...
Poolbeg capacity ‘should be halved’
The Irish Waste Management Association (IWMA) today claimed the proposed Poolbeg incinerator was “grossly oversized” relative to waste needs and called for an urgent review of the project. The IWMA was releasing the findings of an independent report on the facility it commissioned. “The report firmly establishes that the facility is grossly oversized and goes...
Councillors reject Dunne’s new plan for Ballsbridge site
DUBLIN CITY councillors have again rejected developer Seán Dunne’s plans to redevelop the site of the former Jurys and Berkeley Court hotels in Ballsbridge, which he bought for €450 million four years ago. Councillors unanimously recommended that city planners refuse Mr Dunne’s application even though he had significantly scaled back his original plans for the...
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 —...
