Organisation: Duchas

A COMPREHENSIVE SERIES OF ARTICLES ON THIS TOPIC

We should value old buildings
Wrong hymn-sheet on the Rock

ON Sunday last, September 14, the Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross, I was driving home from a holiday in West Kerry.

Sat, 20 Sep, 2003

Aer Rianta to clip swans' wings

Low-flying swans are proving such a nuisance to planes landing at Shannon airport that they are to have their wings clipped.

Sat, 30 Aug, 2003

Farmers rebel against Duchas designations
FARMERS in the Mid-West have clashed head-on with the state-controlled Duchas, after hundreds of them were served notices of designations of part or all of their lands under one or more of the state’s environmental preservation measures.

Thu, 28 Aug, 2003

Fears as windfarm plans may be appealed

PLANS to build a €300 million windfarm in Co Mayo are in doubt as fears grow that planning permission for the development will be appealed to Bord Pleanala.

Fri, 08 Aug, 2003

Government to probe DĂșchas dumping blunder

AN embarrassed Department of the Environment has launched a major investigation into the illegal dumping of waste by the State heritage service DĂșchas on a scenic game reserve.

Sat, 21 Jun, 2003

Probe after DĂșchas dumped waste illegally

Investigations are underway today after it emerged DĂșchas, the national heritage service, dumped waste at an illegal landfill site.

Fri, 20 Jun, 2003

€1 million damage as fires rage through forestry plantations

FIRES which raged through forest plantations over the holiday weekend have caused more than €1m in damage, an expert said yesterday.

Tue, 22 Apr, 2003

Planning objections to fall as DĂșchas shuts down

THE number of planning objections lodged by the Government are expected to drop following the scrapping of DĂșchas, the State heritage service.

Mon, 21 Apr, 2003

IMPACT to protest against Duchas break-up

The IMPACT trade union is planning to hold a demonstration outside the DĂĄil later today to protest against Government plans to break up Duchas, the national heritage service.

Mon, 14 Apr, 2003

Carrickmines Castle dispute deepens

CONSERVATIONISTS battling to save Carrickmines Castle are due back in court today to appeal a ruling allowing the removal of an ancient wall surrounding the medieval ruins.

Mon, 17 Feb, 2003

Spire makes the GPO look like a cottage
WHAT is the point of having a Minister for the Arts, and bodies such as DĂșchas, An Taisce, AosdĂĄna, the RIAI, the Arts Council, the Georgian Society, Bord FĂĄilte, etc., when Dublin City Council, in one fell swoop, can destroy the scale of all the architecture on O’Connell Street and the unity of the street itself

Sat, 15 Feb, 2003

Experts to help out with plans
MORE experts are to be drafted in to resolve farmers’ problems with Commonage Framework Plans.

Thu, 12 Dec, 2002

Heritage groups plan motorway legal challenge

ENVIRONMENTALISTS are planning a legal challenge to the completion of the C-ring motorway around Dublin as its route will destroy large parts of an important medieval site at Carrickmines.

Tue, 17 Sep, 2002

Squad to be welcomed home with party in the park

The Republic of Ireland squad is set to arrive home to a heroes' welcome tomorrow at about 7.30pm.

Mon, 17 Jun, 2002

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