An Taisce says its latest legal challenge to a €69m upgrade of the N86 main road to Dingle is “to ensure things are done properly”.

Here’s a briefing on some of the stories and issues highlighted on irishexaminer.com today.

Ireland’s heritage watchdog has raised concerns about further filming of Star Wars on Skellig Michael off the Kerry coast.

A bid to quash a decision giving permission for a new nuclear power station on the west coast of England facing Ireland has failed.

Car manufacturers have been accused by An Taisce of deliberately misleading the public on fuel consumption and carbon emission efficiency levels.

Endemic corruption, chaotic sprawl, a legacy of ghost development and widespread environmental degradation — they are just some of the phrases used by An Taisce in its review of planning during the boom years.

Council chiefs in Donegal have accused a leading environmental association of bias after they ranked it bottom of the pile in a league table for good planning.

An Taisce, the National Trust for Ireland, has today welcomed An Bord Pleanála's refusal of plans for a controversial bypass around Slane village.