The way may soon be clear for Dublin City Council to give developer Johnny Ronan planning permission for a €200m office block development at Ballsbridge.

Allied Irish Banks is one of a number of objectors against property developer Johnny Ronan’s plans for a €200 million office block in Dublin 4.

Shell Ireland has officially applied to the Government for permission to operate the controversial pipeline from the Corrib gas field off the coast of Mayo.

The High Court has found that consultant engineers and Limerick County Council were responsible for the wrongful demolition of a family home during the construction of a new dual carriageway between Limerick and Nenagh.

SINCE the recession, the number of home-interior books being published has fallen dramatically, but a new crop this spring is offering practical advice on perennial topics and have utterly stylish photography to inspire you.

The Port of Cork’s new €100m Ringaskiddy terminal expansion plan has several key differences to the scheme which was shot down six years ago, the company insisted yesterday.

Creating waste to boost profits of a multi-national’s incinerator in Dublin Bay is a nightmare scenario, says Victoria White

The controversial €600m Poolbeg incinerator in Dublin has overcome its final hurdle after city bosses secured a value-for-money certificate.

Only one in 10 SMEs apply for public sector contracts in what is a very lucrative €12bn market.

The future of the Poolbeg incinerator project has been plunged into doubt despite it already swallowing €95m in public funds.

Irish Water’s chief executive has come under fire for spending over €50m on consultants to help him charge taxpayers for their water.

Planning permission has been granted for the Casement Park redevelopment project which will see a 5,500 increase in capacity at the Belfast venue to bring it to a 38,000 all-seater stadium, which will be the flagship venue for Ulster GAA fixtures.

A culvert trash screen which became blocked with debris during a torrential downpour, triggering a devastating flood through a Cork suburb, is to be removed.

Plans have been drawn up to provide text messaging alerts to people who live in high-risk flood areas in Co Cork.

The US coastguard has called off its search for two Cork men blown from their racing yacht by waves off the California coast, saying the “window of survivability had passed”.

CRUCIAL flood defence works for a West Cork town may start in late summer next year.

THE €1.8 million reconstructed Mizen Head footbridge connecting the country’s southernmost lighthouse to the mainland has scooped two major engineering gongs at the Engineers Ireland Excellence Awards.

LOCAL opponents of the Corrib Gas project in Co Mayo have rejected a Shell Ireland offer to discuss changes to the route of a controversial onshore pipeline while a leading Shell-to-Sea activist remains in jail.

A revolutionary new harbour costing €14m has been completed on one of the Aran Islands.

STERLING’S sharp deterioration in the past week threatens the earnings outlook of many Irish companies that depend on Britain for substantial amounts of their profits.

THE Department of Defence has ordered an environmental air and soil analysis at the site of the naval base in Haulbowline in Cork harbour to investigate if there’s any threat to sailors from hazardous waste buried in the area.

SHELL unveiled plans for its onshore gas pipeline yesterday with a route twice as far away from houses as the previous design.

A small village at the centre of the Corrib gas controversy will be sliced in half by the newly-proposed pipeline route, campaigners claimed today.

THE Port of Cork company is applying for permission to relocate its container traffic from Tivoli and the city quays to Ringaskiddy.

CONSULTANTS for Shell E&P Ireland yesterday announced three possible onshore Corrib pipeline routes as the campaign of opposition to the project pledged to fight the plan to the bitter end.

THREE RPS Engineering Services finished the first phase of the production plant to Fournier Laboratories two months ahead of schedule and within budget.

Tommy Barker, Property editor

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The Rail Procurement Agency (RPS) is to review signage at intersections on the new LUAS system in Dublin in an effort to reduce the number of collisions involving the trams.

RESIDENTS in a small Galway village are preparing to fight a superdump they fear will attract rats and flocks of seagulls.