An Taisce has questioned the sustainability of increased visitor numbers permitted on Skellig Michael.

An Taisce and environmentalist Peter Sweetman have been refused permission to appeal An Bord Pleanála's decision that it could not legally accept their submissions on an application for permission to apply for substitute consent for an unauthorised quarry in Co Kildare.

The approval of the decommissioning of the Kinsale gas field has been put on hold following uncertainty over whether the works will have any impact on habitats protected under EU environmental legislation.

An Taisce has put the brakes on the owners of the four-star Radisson Blu hotel in Dublin city centre from proceeding with a major extension plan which includes 103 additional bedrooms.

Plans by the Athlone, Co Westmeath-based Hodson Bay Group to expand into the booming Dublin hotel market have been halted by an appeal from An Taisce.

An Taisce is calling on the Government to immediately legislate for the recommendations of the Mahon Tribunal report and to establish an independent regulator for the planning system.

The Irish Farmers’ Association has ruffled An Taisce’s feathers by seeking a reduction in the hedge-cutting season.

Cheating and giving false information was "endemic" in planning during the boom time in Co Kerry — a county that now has thousands of empty one-off houses, An Taisce has said.

An Bord Pleanála has granted planning permission to Vodafone to retain two masts at Moll’s Gap, a well-known viewing area and stop-off point between Killarney and Kenmare.