A further two weeks are being set aside for the planning hearings into the controversial South Kerry Greenway - mainly to allow the process to hear from farmers objecting to the route selection and to the Compulsory Purchase mechanism.

Kerry County Council has apologised to a landowner on the proposed South Kerry Greenway for “a genuine” mistake writing to his dead father and then inviting the deceased man to a consultation meeting.

The Compulsory Purchase Order for the South Kerry Greenway was being “triggered” not for a public road but for amenity and tourism - an altogether different thing, the oral hearing into the greenway has been told.

There has been no record of increase in criminal activity or anti-social behaviour as a result of greenways, an oral hearing into the proposed South Kerry Greenway has heard.

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.

An oral hearing into the controversial South Kerry Greenway is expected to take almost two weeks.

The courts will continue to play an important role as a brake on the actions of developers as shown by one Kildare farmer’s long-running legal tussles with the IDA, says Kyran Fitzgerald

The Law Reform Commission (LRC) has published a paper proposing major changes as to how compulsory purchase orders (CPO) are conducted.

The development of a €180m motorway could have a “devastating” impact on Cork’s oldest 18-hole golf course unless major mitigation measures are put in place.

The future of one of the country’s iconic houses, which has been repeatedly damaged by vandals and arsonists, is likely to be decided shortly when consultants report to Cork County Council on how much it will cost to stabilise the building.

Stronger CPO powers for local authorities could bring vacant properties, derelict sites, and underused spaces into use, writes Barry Cowen

A planned 32km greenway along a busy tourist route in south Kerry should be studied to ascertain its impact on the environment, due to the sensitive nature of the landscape and the scale of the project.

More than 170 landowners are in line to earn about €600 a year in a maintenance scheme announced by Kerry County Council for the proposed South Kerry Greenway.

Developers who are hoarding their land for higher profits rather than building houses should have those lands seized by the State, members of the Oireachtas Housing Committee have said.

Irish Cement has launched a High Court challenge against an order allowing the compulsory purchase of its lands by the harbour at Foynes, Co Limerick.

More and more landowners will have to come to terms with compulsory purchase orders (CPOs), as new roads, gas pipelines and ESB cables are planned throughout the country.

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A councillor has described the near €900,000 purchase of a small parcel of land as “an absolute scandal”, as it is now being used to graze farm animals instead of housing a badly needed fire station.

A greenway with the potential to be one of the world’s “most iconic” walking and cycling routes hangs in the balance, a county council meeting was told yesterday.

Lands needed to complete a €4m greenway cycle route high over the Ring of Kerry are to be acquired by compulsory purchase order because grant funding will run out if the project is not completed by December 2016, councillors have been told.

A review has been completed into the future of a prized Nama-backed development site in Dublin which the families of the rebels of the 1916 Rising are fighting to have protected.

Animal feed merchants have warned that their extension of credit to farmers has reached unsustainable levels. It’s one of the many financial consequences of a year of dreadful weather and a global grain shortage.

Chelsea today confirmed they had submitted a bid to acquire the Battersea Power Station site in order to build a new 60,000-seater stadium.

Residents fighting a proposal to rezone land next to Páirc Uí Chaoimh have vowed to pack Cork City Hall tonight and “look councillors in the eye” as they vote.

Chelsea tonight bowed to pressure to be more open about their stadium plans by releasing details of their attempts to redevelop Stamford Bridge.

Chelsea fans dealt what could be another blow to the club’s hopes of moving to a new stadium today after another stormy meeting of Chelsea Pitch Owners.

A LOCAL authority has spent almost €4 million on a 450m “road to nowhere”.

THE FA have fined Chelsea £20,000 after admitting a charge of “failing to ensure their players conducted themselves in an orderly fashion” in last week’s Barclays Premier League match against QPR.

Roman Abramovich was today pondering whether to make a revised offer to buy back the freehold of Stamford Bridge after Chelsea fans succeeded with a dramatic revolt against his stadium masterplan.

PEOPLE visiting Cobh next year to take part in the 100th anniversary commemoration of the Titanic’s demise will get a sinking feeling when they view the pier which many of those who died on the ill-fated liner left from.

Chelsea were today defeated in their bid to buy back the freehold of Stamford Bridge following a dramatic extraordinary general meeting of Chelsea Pitch Owners shareholders.

Chelsea were today set to be defeated in their bid to buy back the freehold of Stamford Bridge following a dramatic extraordinary general meeting of Chelsea Pitch Owners shareholders.

Chelsea will learn today whether they have succeeded in buying back the freehold of Stamford Bridge in what is being seen as the first step towards a move to a new 60,000-seater stadium.

THE proposed location for a new National Children’s Hospital is on a site belonging to the man-in-the-cupboard’s ‘alma Mater’ where he served his time as an accountant before becoming Taoiseach.

CONCERNS have been raised that some of Cork’s city councillors could face legal action following a controversial vote on the future of Páirc Uí Chaoimh.

IN her letter (May 3), Nicola-Marie O’Riordan complains about the NRA not being allowed to fund service areas on motorways.

A LOCAL authority has agreed to provide land to the GAA to facilitate improvements at Munster’s biggest stadium.

A CITY has agreed to pay €10 million in compensation to the Munster Agricultural Society (MAS) to acquire its historic Showgrounds home in Cork.

THE long-awaited bypass of a notorious bottleneck in Co Cork is back on track.

CIÉ has failed to quash a compulsory purchase order (CPO) on some of its property in the Cork docklands after a High Court judge ruled the consent of the Minister for Transport was not a pre-condition before the CPO process is started.

THE taxpayer could be facing a e4 million legal bill because of a standoff between two state bodies in Cork over land.

A LONG-AWAITED €8m pier planned for Cromane, Co Kerry, is in the hands of An Bord Pleanála.

NEARLY 500 farmers in Co Cork and Limerick will have many sleepless nights over the next three months, living in fear of their farms being decimated by compulsory acquisition orders.

Dublin City Council will not be going ahead with plans to put a compulsory purchase order on a park in Rathmines.

The remaining criminal charge against George Redmond has been dropped by the State.

The George Redmond corruption trial has ended with the jury acquitting him on one charge and failing to agree a verdict on the second count.

Finn Harps have confirmed that chairman, John Campbell, has stepped down from with immediate effect.

A prominent businessman has told the George Redmond corruption trial that he used the Fianna Fáil chief whip on Dublin County Council, the late Mr Patrick Dunne, to assist him in planning matters.