Wed, 27 May, 2020
Wed, 22 Apr, 2020
Bord na Móna and the ESB are battling to secure planning permission for a large-scale solar farm that will have the capacity to power 30% of all households in Co Kildare each year.
Thu, 28 Nov, 2019
The Kildare farmer who has unsuccessfully opposed plans by Intel for a new $4 billion (€3.63bn) facility at the chip giant’s Leixlip plant has lodged a fresh objection against another Intel planning application for the site.
Mon, 25 Nov, 2019
The barrister representing 25 landowners opposed to the compulsory purchase of their lands for a greenway in south Kerry has told the An Bord Pleanála hearing the board will be acting contrary to a 2014 European Directive and to Irish law if it does not grant an adjournment.
Thu, 10 Oct, 2019
The future of what is Ireland’s only dedicated track for car drifting – Total Drift in east Cork – is uncertain after a ruling that planning permission is needed for the continued use of the facility.
Thu, 19 Sep, 2019
A major row broke out between county councillors over a proposal to rezone an industrial area in a County Cork town to green belt, which would prevent a plastics factory from locating there.
Tue, 10 Sep, 2019
Plans for new vehicular access point and expanded parking facilities at a school in Cloyne, Co Cork, have been approved despite objections from a number of local residents.
Fri, 23 Aug, 2019
Housing charity Threshold has hit out at co-living proposals following An Bord Pleanála's decision to block one of the controversial developments.
Mon, 24 Jun, 2019
Dublin's first co-living housing block has been refused planning permission.
Aldi has secured the go ahead for a new store on the outskirts of Killarney, Co Kerry, despite an objection that it would have a negative impact on traders in the town centre.
Fri, 21 Jun, 2019
The planning watchdog has shot down proposals to establish a new walkway at the historic final boarding point for the Titanic.
Fri, 12 Apr, 2019
There is a groundswell of opposition to the factory plan in Skibbereen, writes Noel Baker.
Sat, 15 Dec, 2018
Resolving the housing crisis may suggest measures that fall outside the normal comfort zone of communities facing extensive development.
Wed, 07 Nov, 2018
Cork county councillors are to urge Minister Eoghan Murphy to put more professional planners on the board of the highest planning authority in the country.
Tue, 26 Jun, 2018
We may have lost this battle, but the war isn’t over yet.
Fri, 01 Jun, 2018
One of Ireland’s most successful developers says he hopes to build around 1,300 new homes in a Cork suburb within the next 10 years.
Mon, 28 May, 2018
Plans for a small hydro-electric scheme near a south Kerry village have been shot down by the planning authorities because of concerns about its potential impact on the river network.
Wed, 23 May, 2018
A new multiplex cinema is to open in Killarney, Co Kery on the former site of one of the town’s best-known hotels.
Sat, 07 Apr, 2018
Plans for a new cancer-care centre in Cork City have been put on hold following objections from the owners of properties adjoining the proposed development.
Thu, 15 Feb, 2018
Plans for a residential development at the Sunday’s Well site of the former Good Shepherd convent in Cork City are likely to be the subject of planning appeals after considerable local objection.
Sat, 16 Dec, 2017
The proposed €180m Cork-Ringaskiddy motorway will have a devastating impact on some properties, especially in the Rochestown area, according to concerned residents.
Wed, 15 Nov, 2017
An Bord Pleanála has granted a Gaelscoil on Cork city’s northside another extension of temporary planning permission despite opposition from some local residents.
Sat, 04 Nov, 2017
Profits before tax at the country’s largest hotel, the Citywest in Dublin, last year declined sharply by 79% to €316,634.
Wed, 01 Nov, 2017
Amazon executives will come face to face with the two objectors opposing the first phase of the company’s €1bn data centre plan for Dublin. This follows a ruling by Bord Pleanála that an oral hearing will be held into the plan at its offices on September 26.
Thu, 07 Sep, 2017
The Taoiseach and two government ministers have been warned they face a grassroots revolt over controversial plans to extend Cork’s city boundary.
Tue, 29 Aug, 2017
Burger King claims it is being unfairly treated after it was refused permission to extend its opening hours in Killarney to 3.30am on special weekends.
Wed, 16 Aug, 2017
Thu, 25 May, 2017
Extensive fibreoptic cables are to be laid down in advance of the €100m upgrade of the Jack Lynch Tunnel/Dunkettle interchange to give motorists real-time information on the project.
Sun, 14 May, 2017
A High Court challenge has been mounted against the refusal by Bord Pleanála to give the go-ahead for a solar power-generating facility in the south-east.
Tue, 28 Mar, 2017
Thu, 22 Dec, 2016
Tue, 15 Nov, 2016
Sat, 05 Nov, 2016
Tue, 25 Oct, 2016
Mon, 12 Sep, 2016
A Waterford county councillor has publicly called for “special planning treatment” for the Ring Gaeltacht after claiming the future of the region was under threat from “too many blow-ins”.
Wed, 03 Aug, 2016
Council may give lease to firm operating proposed incinerator
Wed, 01 Jun, 2016
Measures to stop land hoarding, create a more efficient planning system, and greater access to information, would start addressing the issue, writes Kieran Rose
Fri, 01 Apr, 2016
Cork county councillors have been lobbied by a developer to review the zoning of a parcel of land on the city’s outskirts to pave the way for the first phase of a multimillion-euro science park.
Tue, 26 Jan, 2016
Developers say no flooding risk to Blackpool, but OPW says centre appears to be located on floodplain
Wed, 20 Jan, 2016
The proposed Cork-Limerick M20 motorway would not only recoup the State’s investment but double it if the project was given the green light, the Government’s original research shows.
Sat, 16 Jan, 2016
Cork City Council has been accused of giving the GAA “the freedom to do what they choose” after the developers of the new Páirc Uí Chaoimh demolished existing stands that were to be retained, according to the planning permission conditions granted to the project.
Tue, 05 Jan, 2016
After almost a decade in the doldrums, renewed activity is expected across a number of fronts in Cork city’s docklands and quays in 2016, with knock-on effects on major sites downriver in Cork harbour including Marino Point and Ringaskiddy.
Thu, 10 Dec, 2015
Bord Pleanála has refused planning permission for a 100-unit caravan park at a beach near Dungarvan, Co Waterford.
Thu, 08 Oct, 2015
Bord Pleanála has granted planning permission for a 5,400 sq m solar farm near Macroom, Co Cork.
Fri, 24 Jul, 2015
Three schools in the Wicklow town of Greystones have put on hold plans by McDonald’s to build a new fast food outlet there.
Sat, 06 Jun, 2015
An Bord Pleanála has granted planning permission for a Cork cemetery, with 5,601 plots, which will be the first privately-run facility in the city or county.
Fri, 07 Nov, 2014
Thu, 18 Sep, 2014
The Port of Cork is to adopt a web booking system for hauliers which has been pioneered by an English port to cut down on traffic gridlock at peak times.
Wed, 17 Sep, 2014
Sinn Féin has questioned whether Phil Hogan is suitable to serve as Ireland's next EU Commissioner.
Tue, 08 Jul, 2014
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