John O Hara
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Pandemic provides golden opportunity for planners to reshape towns and cities
- Environment
- January 23, 2021, 06:00
Pandemic positives are a bit thin on the ground but its timing, in one particular way at least, has been auspicious given the attention it has brought(...)

Days of three-bed semis in Dublin ‘are over’ as high-density housing plans take hold
- Environment
- January 18, 2021, 06:00
The days of the three-bed semi-detached house “are over” in Dublin, the city council’s most senior planner has said, as work gets under way on plans f(...)

Dublin’s mayor says he will lead effort to save Bewley’s cafe
- Consumer
- May 7, 2020, 19:01
The Lord Mayor of Dublin, Tom Brabazon, is to spearhead plans to try to again save Bewley’s cafe on Grafton Street, following the announcement it is t(...)

Boy (6) who died in Ballina drowning accident is named locally
- Irish News
- March 30, 2020, 13:48
The six-year-old boy who died in a drowning accident in a stream near his Co Mayo home on Sunday has been named locally as Louie Chen. Shortly after(...)

Coronavirus: Restaurants seek takeaway planning reprieve
- Irish News
- March 21, 2020, 06:00
Restaurants must be given a dispensation from planning regulations to allow them operate as takeaway services during the coronavirus crisis, the Resta(...)

Rezoning of Dublin city lands for up to 3,500 homes is delayed by council
- Environment
- March 2, 2020, 21:59
The rezoning of old industrial lands across Dublin for up to 3,500 homes has been delayed by Dublin city councillors, following objections from local (...)

High Court quashes permission for Ronan dockland tower
- Environment
- February 21, 2020, 01:00
The High Court has quashed An Bord Pleanála’s decision to approve developer Johnny Ronan’s 13-storey tower beside Salesforce’s Dublin docklands headqu(...)

Dublin City Council retains high ground in planning war
- Environment
- February 20, 2020, 18:53
In the on-going multi-storey War of the Docklands, Dublin City Council has won the latest and possibly most significant battle yet. On his third atte(...)

Dublin needs more hotels, says Fáilte Ireland, after vote to curb
- Consumer
- September 24, 2019, 17:48
Dublin is facing a shortfall of more than 1,000 hotel rooms Fáilte Ireland has said, despite calls by Dublin city councillors for a curb on hotel cons(...)

Councillors vote to limit number of Dublin hotels because of ‘erosion of cultural life and space’
- Culture
- September 23, 2019, 21:59
Dublin city councillors have voted to limit the number of hotels being built in the city to halt the “increasing erosion of cultural life and space”, (...)