An Bord Pleanála has refused planning permission to Trump Doonbeg’s contentious plans for coastal protection plans at the west Clare course.

A decision by An Bord Pleanala to grant planning permission for a proposed electricity generating solar farm in Co Cork has been overturned by the High Court.

Objectors to the Trump Doonbeg resort’s plans to put in place coastal protection works are to miss out on challenging the plan at a public planning forum.

Two High Court challenges against a Bord Pleanala decision to grant planning permission for a wind farm which will have some of the highest structures in the country have been admitted to the fast track Commercial Court list.

It was claimed the company intended to put more than 50,000 tonnes of inert waste material directly on the surface of the existing vegetation and then to place grass seed on top of the levelled waste material.

Two separate High Court challenges have been launched against a decision by An Bord Pleanala to grant planning permission for a wind farm which will have some of the "highest structures in the country".

A legal challenge by environmentalist Peter Sweetman over the construction of the national grid connection to a wind farm in Co. Wicklow is to be heard in the fastrack Commerical Court.

Kildare Co Council gave the green light to plans by Intel for its latest $4bn (€3.5bn) extension to the manufacturing plant, known as Fab, in Leixlip — but the decision will likely be appealed.

The way is now clear for Intel to get the go-ahead for its planned $4bn (€3.53bn) manufacturing fabrication (FAB) facility at its Leixlip plant from Kildare County Council.

A High Court challenge has been brought over a decision by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to grant an industrial emissions licence to a chicken rearing plant in Co Limerick.

Objections have been raised to halt the expansion of facilities at a one of Kerry’s most popular tourist attractions.

A High Court challenge has been mounted against a decision to allow a company owned by independent TD Danny Healy-Rae to raise the level of a Co Kerry field with construction and demolition waste.

A fresh planning row has broken out over the use of a public car park by customers of a supermarket in Bantry.

The EU’s top court is to rule later this month on whether An Bord Pleanála properly assessed the environmental impact on the habitat of the hen harrier of a proposed €80m wind farm in Tipperary.

An Bord Pleanála has told the High Court it made an error in its decision granting planning permission for a development of 500 housing units in north Dublin.

An environmentalist has mounted a legal challenge to the granting of planning permission for a huge €100m data storage facility in North West Dublin linked to internet giant Amazon.

An environmentalist has secured leave from the High Court to mount a legal challenge to the planning permission granted to build a sea wall at Donald Trump's golf club at Doonbeg in Co Clare.

A US group based 5,000 miles away from Doonbeg on Clare’s coast has put the brakes on plans by the Donald Trump-owned golf resort constructing its 38,000 tonne rock barrier.

US president Donald Trump is facing a further battle in a long-running row with environmentalists over controversial plans to build sea defences to protect his 18-hole golf course in west Clare.

An oral hearing into the granting of a licence for a salmon farm in Bantry Bay has been adjourned for at least a month after it emerged a technical report relevant to the proceedings had not been circulated to all parties due to an oversight.

A hearing into objections against the granting of a licence for a salmon farm in Bantry Bay has heard that, were the development to go ahead, it could prove a “tipping point” for local families who have fished the area for generations.

A proposed wind farm development in North Tipperary which had been challenged in the High Court by local residents and environmentalists, has been given the go-ahead by a judge.

Plans for the €40m Shannon Bridge Crossing are heading for choppy waters after a leading environmental campaigner confirmed his intention to seek a judicial review.

LEGAL actions brought by An Taisce and others over the manner in which consents were granted for the Corrib gas project have been settled and withdrawn at the High Court.

A number of legal challenges aimed at quashing consents for the construction of sections of Corrib gas onshore pipeline have been settled.

The High Court has said it will hear opposing arguments from the State and An Bord Pleanala before deciding whether to grant leave to An Taisce and two Co Mayo residents to bring judicial review actions aimed at quashing permission for the gas pipeline linked to the Corrib gas field.

Evelyn Ring and Caroline O’Doherty

LEGAL moves are to be made tomorrow that could lead to the release of the five County Mayo men jailed indefinitely for attempting to block the Shell Corrib pipeline from going through their land.

CIVIL liberties activists have expressed concern that gardaí involved in the force's internal investigation into the Reclaim The Streets protest on May 6 may have been able to access confidential details about complainants.