Nama may be viewed by international investors as a good idea. Whether its efforts to generate revenue from risky assets can be a template for other countries remains to be seen, writes Dara Doyle

A MEMBER of the Dublin Docklands Development Authority sent an email declaring “happy days” and “our pension is now secured” after the DDDA board sanctioned the authority becoming involved in the purchase of the Irish Glass Bottle site at Ringsend, later bought for €412 million, the Commercial Court has heard.

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) plans to grant the licence for a controversial waste incinerator on Dublin's Poolbeg peninsula, it announced today.

Opposition politicians today rounded on Minister for the Environment John Gormley after planning approval was granted for the country’s third waste incinerator.

The contract for an incinerator on Dublin’s southside has been signed despite the development still awaiting the green light, it emerged tonight.

MORE than 2,500 formal objections to plans by the four local authorities in Dublin to build a large incinerator on a site in Poolbeg at the mouth of the River Liffey have been lodged.

HUNDREDS of residents opposed to plans for a waste incinerator at Poolbeg are expected to show up at an oral hearing into the controversial project today.

Planning permission was sought today for an incinerator on Dublin’s Poolbeg Peninsula designed to provide electricity for 50,000 homes and heat 60,000 houses.

Sinn Féin has attacked Dublin City Council for spending more than €10m on promoting a controversial waste incinerator in Ringsend that is opposed by local residents.

COMMUNITY residents protested yesterday at plans to build an incinerator in their area.

A new campaign is to be launched today in a bid to stop a 500,000 tonne incinerator being built on Dublin’s Poolbeg Peninsula.

JUSTICE Minister Michael McDowell yesterday rejected Green Party claims that he intended to vote against the inclusion of incineration in the Government’s new National Development Bill.

The Green Party has called on Justice Minister Michael McDowell to clarify his stance on the use of incinerators in Ireland.