Planning permission has been granted for a new school in a village in Cork, despite objections from the State body in charge of inland fisheries which claimed it could result in pollution of local rivers.

There is anger in the Coolock area of Dublin that planning permission has been granted for a 471 apartment complex.

THE Freedom of Information Act (FoI) is too often clubbed on the head by state agencies and left comatose as far as smaller community groups are concerned.

The Green Party has criticised An Bord Pleanála’s decision to approve the construction of a controversial toxic waste incinerator in Ringaskiddy, Co Cork.