Place: Foynes Port

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Fast-track scheme saw 10,000 more new homes green lighted in 2019 than previous year

Planning was granted for almost 17,000 new homes under the government’s fast-track planning scheme in 2019, an increase of almost 10,000 on the previous year.

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€300m N21 bypass will now be fast-tracked

farming

Rising to the harvest challenge

business

Shannon Estuary to attract investors

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New Limerick motorway to bypass Adare traffic bottleneck

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Residents in west Limerick get ready to oppose €240m ‘waste-into-gas’ plant

Stephen Kavanagh named Aer Lingus CEO

Stephen Kavanagh’s appointment as Aer Lingus chief executive has been heralded as a positive development by analysts.

Tue, 17 Feb, 2015

€50m port plan for super-tankers

A €50m plan for Foynes port, announced by Transport Minister Paschal Donohoe yesterday, will enable a new era of super-tankers to berth there and turn the Shannon Estuary into a world shipping hub.

Tue, 17 Feb, 2015

Hopes for further feed price fall in the summer

Livestock concentrate feed prices have come back about 12% since last August, but sources in the milling industry warn feed prices could stay near current levels until south American soya bean meal is expected at ports in June.

Thu, 16 Jan, 2014

Councils join forces to plan blueprint for development of Shannon Estuary

A plan for the Shannon Estuary was launched yesterday, identifying key strategic locations to help further advance the development of the waterway for maritime-based industry and tourism.

Sat, 23 Nov, 2013

Action urged over cabotage

Irish authorities have barely policed the cabotage legislation which has resulted in haulage contracts worth millions of euro being illegally awarded to foreign haulage firms who pay no taxes in Ireland.

Sat, 21 Sep, 2013

Foreign hauliers ‘break the law’

The president of the Irish Road Haulage Association (IRHA) has called on the State to enforce the law against some foreign hauliers who are operating illegally in Ireland.

Thu, 12 Sep, 2013

Red-tape stalls €12m Foynes plan

A €12m development of Foynes Port, announced yesterday, will have to be put on hold for more than two years while the port authority awaits the necessary foreshore licence from a government department.

Sat, 23 Feb, 2013

€13m Foynes site on sale for €2m

A small plot of strategic land in Foynes port which sold for about €13m at the height of the Celtic Tiger is now being sold off for less than €2m.

Wed, 06 Feb, 2013

Country's supply of salt at 'critical' levels

Salt stocks to grit the country's roads are now described as "critical".

Fri, 08 Jan, 2010

Salt shipment distributed from Limerick

Work is underway on unloading the latest shipment of gritting salt to reach the country.

Fri, 08 Jan, 2010

Fuel distributors join ranks to develop €30m terminal

THREE of the largest fuel distributors outside of the greater Dublin area have joined ranks to develop one of Europe’s most advanced oil terminals at Foynes Port.

Fri, 31 Oct, 2008

Lack of local support for port plan ‘puts jobs at risk’

Jimmy Woulfe, Mid-West Correspondent

Thu, 05 May, 2005

Irish domestic waste fuels Swedish kilns

DOMESTIC waste from the Mid-West is being sent to be burned in the kilns of a Swedish cement plant as part of a major refuse disposal initiative.

Tue, 19 Apr, 2005

Rescued rowers enroute to Limerick

Four British rowers who were rescued by a Scandinavian Reefer ship when their boat was damaged by a freak wave are being taken to Foynes Port in Co Limerick.

Sun, 08 Aug, 2004

Brennan links CIÉ companies’ service quality to State funding

STATE funding to the three CIÉ companies will be cut if they fail to deliver a specific level of service in the future, Transport Minister Seamus Brennan has warned.

Tue, 11 Mar, 2003