# planning - Wednesday 15 January, 2014
# Opinion
# Opinion
Rebuilding the grid will take more than a decade and we are still at the start. Now is the time to change the process from an adversarial one to a truly participative project developed in the public interest, writes Ossian Smyth.
# planning - Thursday 9 January, 2014
# Pylons
# Pylons
A submission to Grid Link claims that these factors were “insufficiently developed in the analysis”.
# planning - Tuesday 7 January, 2014
# Planning
# Planning
Ireland has submitted its first report on the implementation of the Aarhus Convention which ensures public participation in environmental planning.
# Opinion
# Opinion
Ireland’s rural citizens are victims of abusive domestic planning and an externally-driven energy policy from Europe, writes Declan Doyle.
# planning - Saturday 14 December, 2013
# Opinion
# Opinion
Ciara Conlon gives some tips how to organise yourself for Christmas – and not get stressed out by the season.
# planning - Saturday 30 November, 2013
# Green Space
# Green Space
The site between Cork Street and Chamber Street in Dublin 8 could now become recreation space for Dublin 8 residents, pending a planning report.
# planning - Monday 18 November, 2013
# Ghost Estates
# Ghost Estates
None of the estates being considered by the government for demolition are currently occupied.
# planning - Saturday 9 November, 2013
# Planning
# Planning
The plan calls for much less traffic and better walking and cycling links from the Phoenix Park to Poolbeg.
# planning - Wednesday 16 October, 2013
# Pursuit Of Possibilities
From The Daily Edge
# Pursuit Of Possibilities
They tried, God love them. They tried.
# planning - Tuesday 3 September, 2013
# Water Water Everywhere
# Water Water Everywhere
The Environment Minister says that the government “fundamentally believes” that user-related charges are the right way of raising more tax.
# planning - Wednesday 31 July, 2013
# Mahon
# Mahon
The businessman was at the centre of the recent corruption trial which collapsed when witness Frank Dunlop fell ill. Today, Mahon has had its say on his involvement with lands in Carrickmines.
# Mahon
# Mahon
The final chapter of the report was delayed due to a trial that ultimately collapsed.
# planning - Monday 1 July, 2013
# planning - Sunday 30 June, 2013
# Planning
# Planning
The 52 councillors who sit on Dublin City Council will vote on the controversial proposal tomorrow night.
# planning - Tuesday 25 June, 2013
# Planning
# Planning
The new guidelines mark the first time that councils have been given legal guidelines on their plans.
# planning - Monday 10 June, 2013
# Planning
# Planning
Parents and children from Gaelscoil Cholmcille protested outside Dublin City Council over the plan, which was proposed as part of the extension of Dublin’s Luas line.
# planning - Friday 7 June, 2013
# Opinion
# Opinion
The rental market in Ireland is largely an amateur business led by small landlords – but, now, with many property-owners in arrears, tenants face an uncertain future, write Lorcan Sirr and Tom Dunne.
# planning - Monday 20 May, 2013
# Planning
# Planning
Jan O’Sullivan says she will invoke ministerial powers to veto any planning decision which doesn’t conform to policy.
# planning - Tuesday 7 May, 2013
# Planning
# Planning
The establishment of such a regulator was recommended in the Mahon Tribunal’s report.
# planning - Thursday 11 April, 2013
# Planning
# Planning
The EU’s top court hands a major boost to opponents to the N6 bypass around Galway, ahead of a final Supreme Court ruling.
# planning - Tuesday 26 March, 2013
# Have Your Say
# Have Your Say
Dublin City Council has asked the public for its views on plans for Dublin’s Docklands.
# planning - Tuesday 12 March, 2013
# Planning
# Planning
The national trust says Dublin City Council ignored its own development plan in 26 applications which were later overturned.
# planning - Friday 15 February, 2013
# Gaffs
# Gaffs
Donegal was the only county which saw an increase in planning applications in 2012.
# planning - Wednesday 30 January, 2013
# Planning
# Planning
Jan O’Sullivan said it was now a matter of deciding whether an entirely new entity should be created or if the current system should be adapted.
# planning - Tuesday 1 January, 2013
# Read Me
# Read Me
Want to make a fresh start this year? Margaret Mara offers some tips on how to go about it.
# planning - Wednesday 5 December, 2012
# Opinion
# Opinion
A conventional property tax has many disadvantages against a site value tax, writes Judy Osbourne.
# planning - Friday 16 November, 2012
# Liberty Hall
# Liberty Hall
SIPTU is left disappointed as An Bord Pleanála turns down an application to rebuild Liberty Hall – while An Taisce says reviews are needed.
# Planning
# Planning
The planning authority says the proposed multistorey would be “unacceptably dominant in the city”.
# planning - Thursday 18 October, 2012
# The Gathering
# The Gathering
Fine Gael Mayo Deputy Michelle Mulherin said the funding is great news which will help people in planning community activities during the event.
# planning - Tuesday 16 October, 2012
# Local Government
# Local Government
Political parties criticise plans to do away with town councils, but the response of others is a little more enthusiastic.
# Local Government
# Local Government
Minister Phil Hogan said he wanted to remove the possibility of councillors abusing their power.
# planning - Monday 15 October, 2012
# Planning
# Planning
Only Donegal and Leitrim have seen more planning applications lodged in the first eight months of 2012 than in 2011.
# planning - Wednesday 26 September, 2012
# Planning
From The42
# Planning
Hosting the competition in November would mean the club seasons would have to be postponed for over a month.
# planning - Wednesday 18 July, 2012
# Your Say
# Your Say
Two Oireachtas committee are vying for the chance to investigate the bank guarantee four years ago but should politicians be allowed to scrutinise the decision in the first place?
# planning - Wednesday 27 June, 2012
# Construction
# Construction
CSO figures show that the number of housing units approved in the first quarter is down almost 95 per cent on five years ago.
# planning - Wednesday 13 June, 2012
# Planning
# Planning
Jan O’Sullivan’s report on irregularities in seven county councils came a day before a Dáil vote on resuming them.
# planning - Tuesday 12 June, 2012
# Planning
# Planning
The Green Party, whose former leader John Gormley announced the review in 2010, said it “beggars belief” that all seven councils came out of the report “squeaky clean”.
# planning - Tuesday 5 June, 2012
# Appointment
# Appointment
Colm MacEochaidh, a former Fine Gael general election candidate, has been nominated to the High Court by the government.
# planning - Thursday 31 May, 2012
# DDDA
# DDDA
Minister says C&AG’s “damning” report on the DDDA means a standalone authority is no longer “a viable vehicle”.
