Dublin Port

Coastal cycling route to give public easier access to Dublin Port and ferries

More than 16km of access will open parts of Dublin Bay to public for first time

€2.8m worth of illegal cigarettes seized at Dublin Port

Customs officers discovered cigarettes after inspecting pallets that arrived from Netherlands, originating in Latvia.

Dry bulk handled by Irish ports drops by almost a fifth in first quarter

Irish ports handled 11.9m tonnes of goods in the first quarter, a decrease of 6% on the first quarter of 2022

Dublin Port posts big rise in profits and record revenues in spite of goods throughput still being below peak

Annual report for Dublin Port Company also shows that it increased its spend on staff hospitality

Detector dog Milo helps Revenue to sniff out smuggled cigarettes worth €3.8m

Consignment had arrived in Dublin Port from the Netherlands

Man arrested after cannabis worth €2.84 million seized at Dublin Port

Revenue officers seized about 142kgs of drug following search of vehicle from France

Retrofitting of public buildings could cost up to €9bn and take 30 years, Ryan says

Government has approved an action plan for the public service that will see it achieve net zero carbon emissions by 2050

Future development at Dublin Port must involve rail connections, committee told

Irish Rail official says preference for road-based development could have economic consequences

Ireland sole European country where Zara cannot move goods by train, Oireachtas committee hears

Heads of two Ports differ over merits of carrying goods and freight by rail

Eamon Ryan and Dublin Port need to resolve differences over expansion plans, Taoiseach says

Green Party leader has ‘significant concerns’ about 3FM project which aims to create biggest container terminal in State

Dublin Port defends cargo terminal plan after Eamon Ryan criticism

Minister takes issue over reliance on road freight, but port says project is ‘fully aligned’ with national policy

Eamon Ryan expresses scathing criticism of Dublin Port plans in unprecedented intervention

Minister says project excludes rail freight and calls for blocks of land to be used for housing

Dublin Port masterplan may run aground on Eamon Ryan’s objections

The Green Party leader has written to the port setting out numerous concerns over the plan to double the capacity of the port

David McWilliams: Just imagine a new Dublin city on the sea. A 260-hectare golden opportunity

David McWilliams: Can you imagine any other European maritime city treating the sea with the same disregard Dublin does?

Dublin faces years of traffic disruption as Eirgrid announces plans for major electricity works

Operator publishes shortlist of proposed routes in essential upgrading of 50km of underground power lines

New bridge over the Liffey: What do plans for Dublin Port look like?

Dublin Port Company plans new Liffey bridge to link north and south port and open up lands to the public

Man who collapsed after River Liffey speedboat display settles court case for €800,000

Martin Pullen took part in performance by ThunderCat Racing team at Dublin Port Riverfest in 2017

Transport spending: Town and local bus services are the priority, says Eamon Ryan

Ports must take ‘leap of faith’ to invest for wind farm deployment, Minister tells committee

Goods handled by Irish ports up 4% in third quarter of last year

Britain and Northern Ireland accounted for 38% of the total tonnage of goods handled in the main ports

Dublin Tunnel protests pose safety threat for entire city road network, council says

Large lorries diverting onto city streets pose threat to vulnerable road users, council says

Trading volumes at Irish ports improve as Covid disruption eases

The State’s seven ports handled 13.1 million tonnes of merchandise in the second quarter

Cocaine worth €1.26m seized at Dublin Port as smuggling route is dismantled’

Man and woman arrested over drug-trafficking offences after find by gardaí and Revenue

Dublin’s original ‘east wall’ dating from 1720s uncovered by port authorities

Construction work discoveries by Dublin Port including dock workers’ artefacts, Parnell-era political pipes and old pottery will go on display

Exchequer boosted by €179m in semi-State dividends, mostly from ESB

Profits have been soaring at power company

Not enough Irish ports can aid push for offshore wind energy target, report finds

Only Belfast Harbour is capable of supporting wind farm construction

UK port strikes could mean choppy waters for Irish supply chains

Carriers ‘confident’ they have contingencies in place to mitigate effects, experts say

Dublin Port trade recovers to close to pre-pandemic and pre-Brexit levels

Post-Brexit UK border controls depress average cargo loads on trailers and containers

Brexit checks lead to ‘unprecedented’ surge in direct shipping with Europe

Republic-Europe shipping booms as traders avoid UK border controls, report shows

Just 10% of global land in natural state by 2050 without action, says biodiversity expert

First session of Citizens’ Assembly on Biodiversity Loss sits at Dublin Castle

Aid convoy functions as Noah’s Ark for pets

Refugees arrive with beloved animals, including 11 cats, 10 dogs and a guinea pig

Elevated sea-level rise in Dublin higher than predicted due to climate change, study finds

Analysis of Dublin Bay over eight decades confirms sea-level rise faster than expected

Dublin Port trade rebounds but 2019 growth levels a year or two away

State’s busiest port still recovering from post-Brexit decline in freight volumes

David McWilliams: If the fuel runs out, what’s Ireland’s back-up plan?

Our economy would grind to a halt within days without ready access to diesel

My Covid brain fog is debilitating, like walking through a field of glue

The first attempt at this column began: ‘I want to walk like Róisín Ingle.’ It ended there

Five Irish MEPs sign motion calling for all EU ports to close to Russian vessels

Motion addressed to Ursula von der Leyen and Charles Michel signed by 207 MEPs

Rare 142-year-old Irish whiskey bottle could fetch €14,000

Cassidy’s Whiskey up for auction after it was found wrapped in newspaper in doctor’s bag

P&O debacle is product of race-to-bottom capitalism which we all secretly sponsor

Company’s behaviour is reprehensible but it was merely following well-worn industry path

‘Absolutely outrageous’: Fuel pump staff threatened after price-fixing claims

Abuse followed cut in excise duty spurred by spike in prices linked to invasion of Ukraine

Protests over sacking of hundreds of P&O workers as calls grow for boss to quit

The call comes after a ship was detained in Northern Ireland for being ‘unfit to sail’

Sacking of 800 workers by P&O Ferries is ‘appalling’ says Varadkar

Tánaiste compares the ferry operator’s behaviour to that of Irish Ferries in 2005

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