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Navan Road residents have launched a protest against imminent plans by the NTA to slash 140 trees from the area as part of a new...

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One third of the forests and wild habitats of Killarney's National Park were destroyed by the fire, said to have been started deliberately.

The North Road works (just inside the Phoenix Park walls) was announced by the Office of Public Works to commence on April 12th last....

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Joint Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage debate - Tuesday, 9th March 2021 - Land Development Agency Bill: Chairman: " I...

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"The N22 road is a national primary road in Ireland which goes through counties Kerry and Cork, from Tralee in the west through...

The LDA Eliminates the Local Council Vote Irish Councils will be able to transfer state lands to the Land Development Agency without any...

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(Submission by Irish Co. Councils on planning application): "In accordance with the provisions of the 1991 United Nations Convention on...

This Wednesday, the Land Development Agency Bill goes through its Second Stage in the Oireachtas. Among other measures, it grants a...

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Testimony to the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health (9th February 2021). describes the ongoing capacity crisis in the Irish Health...

Today the Land Development Agency Bill goes through its Second Stage in the Oireachtas. This piece of legislation grants a public body...

“The Customs House has been at the heart of the Port of Cork for over 100 years and our move out, while sad in some ways, also heralds a...

"The road project is going to go ahead, it will going to go ahead from Coonagh to the Knockalisheen junction and see an upgrade of...

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One estimate stated that it was 5 times the size of the €800 million Dublin Port Tunnel.

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