A boil water notice has been put in place for parts of Wicklow and Dublin.

Local authorities are set to fall significantly short of new social housing targets this year.

It appears that a growing number of Irish motorists are prone to 'lollipop rage'.

Customers face bills in excess of €500 a year to have their bins collected, representing an 80% hike on current rates when the new pay-by- weight charges kick in on July 1.

Councils are ignoring planning guidelines that keep fast-food premises away from schools. Just one local authority has written the policy into its development plans.

Almost 69,000 live births were recorded in 2013 to mothers with an average age of 32.

I live in a modest three bedroom home just a couple of miles from where I was born and raised. That happens to be in the area of Dun Laoghaire Rathdown. For that privilege, I must pay €497 in property tax — a figure that will no doubt increase. 

There was a 3% increase in the birth rate in the first three months of this year, new figures have revealed.

The man who turned down the plan for five Garth Brooks concerts at Croke Park is the top earner among local authority staff.

There has been an increase in the number of primary pupils in "supersize" classes of 30 or more.

Four of the country’s most popular bathing spots have failed to pass basic water cleanliness tests.

Four of the country’s most popular bathing spots have failed to pass basic water cleanliness tests.

Water chiefs have warned they do not know what has caused a serious quality issue at one of the state’s biggest treatment plants.

Some 90% of those eligible to pay Property Tax have now done so.

The trial of four Councillors accused of accepting bribes to rezone over 100 acres of land has heard that the rezoning went against the advice of the then county manager.

At least 2,600 complaints linked to antisocial behaviour were made to some of the larger urban local authorities last year, figures reveal.

The Social Protection Minister has warned that companies will be banned from participating in the job-bridge internship scheme for abusing it.

New figures show a sharp rise in the number of houses being built in January — but a fall in the number being completed.

Residents in part of South Dublin are the most compliant when it comes to paying the Household Charge, according to Government figures.

I read the article When a Town Shuts up Shop.

Endemic corruption, chaotic sprawl, a legacy of ghost development and widespread environmental degradation — they are just some of the phrases used by An Taisce in its review of planning during the boom years.

Two of the country’s 135 premier bathing spots have failed to meet basic water cleanliness standards.

LOCAL authorities’ methods of dealing with antisocial behaviour are forcing growing numbers of youths into homelessness and more serious criminal activity, according to a report.

THE real possibility of more local authorities pulling out of waste collection has serious implications and could lead to an increase in indiscriminate dumping which continues to blight the country.

MORE than 5,200 council houses and flats are lying empty as Ireland’s homeless population continues to spiral, it emerged last night.

INTERNET service providers are virtually powerless to prevent cyber-bullying, with social networking sites fast becoming a popular vehicle for targeting vulnerable young people.

A BUSINESS organisation has welcomed commercial rates restraints by local authorities in the mid-west.

A MERE 1% of the country’s 38,000 childminders have voluntarily registered with childcare committees since tax incentives for the sector were established in the last budget.

CORK City Council admitted last night that it may be open to a High Court challenge from tenants trying to buy their homes at bargain 1990s prices.

The number of marriages in Ireland is continuing to rise, new Central Statistics Office data showed today.

Inside Business Magazine is to launch in Galway next week.

A new national park should be built in the Dublin Mountains to ensure a better quality of life for citizens of the capital, the Green Party said today.

More gardaí are needed on Dublin’s streets to deter drug dealers who are openly peddling their wares, it was demanded today.

DISABLED people may lose funding to adapt their homes as local authorities review the grant scheme.

FORMER Fianna Fáil TD Liam Lawlor was central to attempts to rezone lands through the use of bribes and undue influence, according to statements Frank Dunlop has given to the Flood Tribunal.

AN architect for Jackson Way Properties has told a hearing into the company’s €47 million compensation claim that it could have built 1,600 houses and apartments if the last section of the M50 motorway had not been routed through its lands.