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Transport Infrastructure Ireland, Wexford County Council and Kilkenny County Council are delighted to announce that An Taoiseach Leo Varadkar, T.D. will perform the official opening ceremony for the N25 New Ross Bypass on the afternoon of Wednesday the 29th of January 2020. The 15km scheme represents an investment in the order of €230 million in […]
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Three sections of the TEN-T network in Donegal have been prioritised for improvement to address existing safety and operational issues, these are; Section 1 – N15/N13 Ballybofey/Stranorlar Urban Region, Section 2 – N56/N13 Letterkenny to Manorcunningham and Section 3 – N14 Manorcunningham to Lifford / Strabane / A5 Link The Option Selection Report (OSR) will […]
Environment News
EPA warns that poorly constructed wells and inadequate monitoring of private water supplies are putting health at riskOne million people in Ireland get their drinking water from a private supply and many more drink water from private supplies in their daily lives. E. coli was found in 62 small private water supplies serving commercial buildings or […]
Environment Feature News
A new report launched today (Tuesday 14 January 2020) outlines for the first time the range of actions local authorities have undertaken nationally to tackle climate change and to promote climate action within their communities. All local authorities to develop new climate action plans as 28,000 employees to be trained in climate action A new […]
Education News Transport
Donegal County Council and the Donegal Road Safety Working Group will once again partner Finn Harps Football Club to assist with the promotion of Road Safety in Donegal with the Road Safety Art Competition. The competition was officially launched on Wednesday 8 January at Gaelscoil Adhamhnáin, Letterkenny by the Cathaoirleach, Cllr. Nicholas Crossan, Director of […]
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Cork County Council is continuing its annual commitment to support local communities with the announcement that the Community Fund Scheme 2020 is now open for applications. Each year, Cork County Council’s Community Fund Scheme contributes financial support to hundreds of community and voluntary organisations around the County.   The scheme is administered by the Council’s
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The Limerick Public Participation Network now has 100 members and is calling on community and voluntary groups and organisations to help citizens take an active role in policy development committees of Limerick City and County Council. The Public Participation Network allows community groups around the country to connect with their local authority to give citizens […]
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Dublin City Council has announced it is to repossess the Iveagh Markets from developer Martin Keane. The council also confirmed that it has broken off negotiations with Mr Keane on the future of the listed building. Assistant Chief Executive Richard Shakespeare stated in an update to councillors that Mr Keane had failed to show he […]
Environment News
Swords has been placed third of 40 towns and cities in an anti-litter survey for 2019 by the business group Irish Business Against Litter (IBAL). Swords obtained a “Cleaner than European Norms” ranking for 2019, while Dublin Airport Environs also scored well achieving 19th place out of 40 towns and cities surveyed and given a […]
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Dublin City Council have voted to boycott the national commemoration service for the Royal Irish Constabulary. An emergency motion put before councillors this evening by several Independent and Sinn Féin councillors described the event planned to be held in Dublin Castle on 17 January as “obscene”. The motion stated: “Only a subservient government suffering from […]