Vacant homes are not the "low hanging fruit" that will solve the housing crisis, according to Eoghan Murphy.

A new action group is opposing development plans for the Irish Glass Bottle site in Dublin.

Farmers do not feel completely protected by the Occupier’s Liability Act.

Many parts of the country is bracing itself for further flooding today as yet another Atlantic storm looks set to hit.

What are the real costs for a properly resourced Local Authority building control inspectorate? Let’s look at the cost of a straightforward system like the successful one operating in the UK.

Longford artist Shane Cullen has said he is shocked by a motion from Athlone Town Council to remove his work from the Luan Art Gallery.

Chelsea have confirmed their home game with Fulham on St Stephen's Day will go ahead as planned, despite the possibility of industrial action by Tube drivers.

A LOCAL authority is seeking ministerial approval to permit farmers to bury deceased relatives on their home soil.

A LOCAL authority has agreed to plough more public money into a troubled ferry company to help it through its examinership process.

A LOCAL authority has turned down an appeal and again refused to release documents relating to garden designer Diarmuid Gavin’s controversial Sky Garden which could cost taxpayers up to €2.3 million.

A LOCAL authority has denied that sewage treatment work being carried out could compromise the water at a holy well which many local people believe has curative powers.

A LOCAL authority has refused to release a raft of documents relating to Diarmuid Gavin’s controversial €2.3 million Sky Garden which was funded by taxpayers.

A LOCAL authority yesterday refused planning permission for a contentious 400ft high wind farm due to its likely impact on a protected and rare bird, the Hen Harrier.

A LOCAL authority has been directed to reduce its residentially-zoned land banks.

A LOCAL authority has lodged revised plans for a contentious €6 million pier development in response to surfers’ concerns for ‘world-class’ waves at the location.

Workers on the M7 motorway are staging a protest outside the offices of Laois County Council over claims of unpaid wages.

A LOCAL authority last night ruled out granting a housing transfer to a young couple based on their claims that their house is haunted.

A LOCAL authority has been accused of continuing to drag its feet over a new headquarters for one of the country’s busiest coastguard teams.

The Mayor of Shannon Sean McLoughlin has called on the Shannon Airport Authority (SAA) to outline its position on what he called the "haemorrhaging of services" at the airport.

A LOCAL authority is considering bringing in bylaws to provide community work programmes for people who “make life hell for ordinary decent citizens”.

A LOCAL authority that discovered an alleged fraud in its bin tags and parking discs distribution system, which could top €1 million, has launched a civil action against a named individual.

A LOCAL authority is to seek help from experts in an effort to stop an algal growth destroying one of West Cork’s finest beaches.

A LOCAL authority has agreed to fork out €250,000 to give punters attending one of the country’s top theatres comfortable seats and more legroom.

ON WHAT was described by chief executive John Treacy as a proud day for the Irish Sports Council (ISC) the completion of the National Network of Sport Partnerships was announced at the Royal Hospital in Kilmainham yesterday.

A LOCAL authority has made €10 million profit and secured free all-day staff parking for 999 years from the sale of a landmark quayside building to a property tycoon.

A LOCAL authority official has been sacked following a three-year investigation into alleged financial irregularities.

Up to 10,000 jobs in 28 multinational companies throughout County Limerick are threatened by Aer Lingus' decision to withdraw its daily Shannon-Heathrow service.

A LOCAL authority is offering fully furnished and fully equipped apartments in Ireland’s longest building to entice people in to a multi-million euro house downsizing scheme.

The Union of Students in Ireland (USI) has warned those not yet registered to vote that tomorrow is the last chance to apply to register.

I WAS at our local radio station last week, contributing to a programme on National Tree Week.

A LOCAL authority may have to repay up to €500,000 to its customers after a landmark legal ruling on bin charges.

A LOCAL authority with one of the country’s toughest car clamping regimes has criticised the Government’s new parking fines system.

A LOCAL authority with one of the country’s toughest car-clamping regimes has criticised the Government’s new parking fines system.

A LOCAL authority has cut off the water to city businesses under a new get-tough approach to “water spongers”.

A LOCAL authority which had to suspend a meeting when a protest group entered its chambers says it plans to step up security.

A LOCAL authority is prioritising single people on its housing lists in west Cork.

LOCAL authority members have vowed to prevent the privatisation of core services such as water and housing.

BANK of Ireland Mortgages announced yesterday it has become the first private sector institution to enter the affordable housing market.

CORK County Council is currently examining planning applications for 30 multi-million euro hotel/golf resorts, county manager Maurice Moloney disclosed yesterday.

LOCAL authority officials have identified more than 120 illegal dumps in Co Cork and, to date, around 50 prosecutions have been initiated, some of which have been dealt with by the courts.

The Central Statistics Office said today that a quarter of the houses in Kildare and Meath were built in the six-year period between 1996 and 2002.