Showing posts with label Donegal County Council. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Donegal County Council. Show all posts
Friday, 4 March 2011

Criticism of approval for 13 wind turbines in Donegal

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CONSERVATIONISTS IN Co Donegal have criticised An Bord Pleanála for approving plans by businessman PJ Molloy for 13 “industrial” wind turbin...
Tuesday, 1 March 2011

Playwright and former SDLP leader raise fears over sewerage scheme

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ESTUARY CAMPAIGN: PLAYWRIGHT BRIAN Friel, former SDLP leader John Hume and his wife Pat and the North’s Minister for Agriculture and Rural D...
Tuesday, 10 February 2009

Donegal council to trial water-powered street lights

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DONEGAL COUNTY Council is set to become what is believed to be the first local authority in Ireland to use water powered street lights. The ...
Monday, 10 November 2008

Gormley challenges council's builders list

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DONEGAL COUNTY Council's plan to draw up a list of small builders and guarantee them planning permission for up to two "one-off...

Donegal Development Plan Policy queried by Minister

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Mr John Gormley TD, Minister for the Environment, Heritage & Local Government, today (10 November 08) confirmed that officials from his ...
Tuesday, 9 September 2008

Donegal councillors warned on planning

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MINISTER FOR the Environment John Gormley has warned councillors in Donegal that he will "use his powers of direction" if they app...
Tuesday, 20 May 2008

Hotel extension plan criticised

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A spectacular view of Downings Bay will be lost after Donegal County Council granted planning permission for a hotel extension. The claim wa...
Saturday, 23 February 2008

Villagers to fight development plan

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Residents of a tiny Donegal village on the border with Derry say they will fight proposals to build a new commuter town there. Plans are to ...
Thursday, 3 January 2008

Retention permission for tank driving at karting track refused

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A karting track which features a tank driving and car-crushing ride has run into problems with the planning authorities in Co Donegal. Doneg...
Saturday, 29 December 2007

Judges appeal planning for house

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A Supreme Court judge and his wife, also a judge, are among those appealing a Donegal County Council decision to grant permission to a pries...
Tuesday, 4 December 2007

Planners in Donegal are overruled by councillors

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Donegal county councillors have run into conflict with the county's director of planning by scrapping planners' decisions in order t...
Thursday, 28 June 2007

Donegal councillors to relax rules for builders

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Councillors have proposed significant changes to the Donegal county development plan in order to relax building restrictions in favour of de...
Wednesday, 13 June 2007

Probe into septic tanks hidden in sand dunes

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A LOCAL authority has commenced an investigation into reports of septic tanks concealed in protected sand dunes in a scenic coastal area. Do...
Sunday, 27 May 2007

'Entire town is dying on its feet' as the builders bicker

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MORE than 400 angry residents held a silent vigil in the Diamond in Donegal town last Sunday morning to protest against a bitter seven-year ...
Monday, 12 March 2007

€16.8m for Greencastle Harbour Development

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John Browne T.D., Minister of State at the Department of Communications, Marine & Natural Resources has confirmed that an offer of grant...
Tuesday, 16 January 2007

Scenic area's sewage plant causes protest

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Anita Guidera in the Westyern People writes that a coastal community has stepped up its campaign to prevent a sewage plant being located clo...
Friday, 5 January 2007

Donegal landfill dispute deepens

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The Irish Times also covered the Donegal Landfill story: An Bord Pleanála has come under pressure from Donegal County Council to support a n...

Donegal Meenaboll landfill plan scrapped

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This from Donegal News: A scoping report issued by An Bord Pleanála to Donegal County Council last week has backed-up its reasons for refusi...
Wednesday, 22 November 2006

Donegal wind turbine planning appeal lodged

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A decision to refuse planning permission for eight wind turbine generators to be erected next to the Tyrone/Donegal border has been appealed...