[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] Gormley to reject remarks on incinerator
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. Mr Tierney last week said the Minister “must be aware” that Dublin City Council had a statutory obligation to go ahead with the incinerator and...
Gormley ‘open’ to nuclear debate
The use of nuclear power should be open for debate, Minister for the Environment John Gormley told a climate change forum in Dublin today. “The technologies being developed, which people claim are 100 per cent safe, are still in their infancy,” he said. “I’ve seen presentations on chlorine fluoride reactors and on pebble bed technology...
