Following the recent announcement of Cabinet approval for the construction of the N5 Westport to Turlough Road, contract signing took place at the offices of Mayo County Council, Áras an Chontae earlier this week. The development, at an overall cost of €241 million, involves the construction of 20.3km of dual carriageway from Westport to Turlough. […]
Month: October 2019
Dublin Airport is a gateway of prime importance to the island of Ireland. It serves incoming and outgoing commercial passenger and freight travel as well as incoming and outgoing tourist and leisure passenger travel. It is of high level importance to the Irish economy and to Irish society. Currently, aviation fuel supplies for Dublin Airport […]
Minister of State for Community Development, Natural Resources and Digital Development, Seán Canney, today (Wednesday the 30th October 2019) confirmed the policy principles that will underpin the Taoiseach and Minister Bruton’s announcement in his address to the United Nations Climate Action Summit on 23 September 2019 to cease new exploration for oil offshore
Limerick City and County Council has welcomed this Wednesday’s government decision to move the Adare by-pass and a new road to Foynes on to the next stage. The council will now submit its planning application for the project to An Bord Pleanála, a statutory process which is likely to take up to 12 months and […]
Minister Eoghan Murphy announced the formation of an expert group to advise on the expansion of Ireland’s existing network of Marine Protected Areas, at An Taisce’s Clean Coasts “Love Your Coast” Photography Awards in The Morrison Hotel, Dublin 1. The awards night celebrated the 10th anniversary of the “Love Your Coast” photography competition. Minister Murphy […]
Dr. Úna FitzPatrick Project co-ordinator with the All-Ireland Pollinator Plan writes for Council Journal on the nature of the scheme and why partnerships with local authorities are so valuable. The pollination of our crops is a very important ecosystem service we must maintain into the future, both for our food crops and for our wild […]
Longford county council planning department have confirmed that AMC developments have been granted permission to construct a 21-house residential development at Farnagh, Longford. The development will consist of four no. two bedroom single storey semi-detached type dwelling houses and 16 no. three bedroom two storey semi detached type dwelling houses, and 1 no. three
Dublin City Council is to up the ante in its bid to clamp down on illegal short-term lets in the city. The local authority estimates that Airbnb removed 2,000 housing units from the residential market last year. New rules were brought in for Airbnb properties in July in a bid to ease the housing crisis, […]
Fingal Festival of Fire 2019 – Féile Tine Fhine Gall 2019 The 2019 Fingal Festival of Fire is fast approaching with spooktacular events planned for Blanchardstown, Balbriggan and Swords on Thursday, Oct 31 as part of the Safer Halloween initiative. The Blanchardstown event starts at 6pm in Millennium Park with entertainment on the main stage […]
Fingal Voices is an app which allows citizens to ask questions, respond to surveys and engage in dialogue with Council departments. An innovative pilot project to engage with traditionally unheard voices through the Fingal Voices smartphone app has been launched by Fingal County Council. Fingal Voices is an app which allows citizens to ask questions, […]
If you’ve ever received feedback that you “need to be more strategic,” you know how frustrating it can feel. To add insult to injury, the feedback rarely comes with any concrete guidance on what to do about it. So what specific steps can you take to be more strategic in your current role? Start by […]
With the clocks going back this weekend, signalling darker and colder days, the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI) is urging homeowners to get their homes winter ready. About two thirds of household energy bills is spent on heating, with most of that during the winter months. The SEAI has some advice to help homeowners […]
Galway City Council had one of the highest rates of appealed planning decisions in the country last year, according to a new report from An Bord Pleanála. According to the Board’s Annual Report for 2018, there were 378 planning decisions made last year by the City Council. Of these, 42 were appealed (11.1%), which was […]
Offaly’s county councillors have once again challenged the rate at which vacant homes are turned around and provided to those on the social housing list in the county. The October meeting of Offaly County Council was told that 649 people remain on the social housing list with a further 849 availing of HAP in rented […]
The Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Michael Creed T.D., today announced the commencement of the first payments to applicants under the 2019 Beef Environmental Efficiency Pilot (BEEP). The BEEP is a €20 million scheme being piloted in 2019 and has been followed up in Budget 2020 with a €40 million investment in a […]
The Southern Regional Assembly as a partner in the MATCH-UP Interreg Europe project along with our Stakeholders Cork Transport Mobility Forum and Cork City Council was delighted to host 2 free events in Cork City as part of their European Mobility Week actions to help raise awareness of the excellent work that has been done […]
Dublin City Council in collaboration with community groups across the city have organised a spooktacular programme of FREE family-friendly events for Halloween this year. Speaking about the programme of events, the Lord Mayor of Dublin Paul Mc Auliffe said “Halloween is a fantastic time of year for young people and their families. This year. Dublin […]
The developers behind a controversial nine-storey scheme of almost 500 apartments in north Dublin have offered to lease the entire complex to the State for social housing. If accepted, the development of 471 apartments at the former Chivers factory in Coolock would be the biggest social housing project yet under the new “enhanced leasing scheme” […]
The North West City region’s unique strategic cross border location will be one of the strong selling points for the seven companies from across the Donegal, Derry and Strabane Council areas that travel to the US next month as part of a high-level trade and investment delegation. The companies travelling from Donegal are EKO Chute, […]
The countdown to Christmas is well and truly on with the launch of the Lord Mayor’s 59th Gala Christmas Concert. Lord Mayor Cllr. John Sheehan and Lady Mayoress Aedamar Sheehan yesterday launched Cork’s favourite Christmas Concert, which will take place on Saturday 7 December in the splendid surroundings of the Concert Hall at Cork City […]