A major development of high-rise student accommodation has been given the go-ahead in Cork.

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Communities are hitting back at a surge in solar farm construction spreading across the country with no specific planning guidelines in place to regulate them.

The Department of Housing is to issue guidelines to all local authorities to give them clarity when dealing with Airbnb properties.

Apple has been given the go-ahead to begin work on its planned €850m data centre in Athenry, Co Galway.

Residents of an East Cork community fear their locality may be chosen for a third Eirgrid development after the State-owned electricity operator indicated it would be carrying out tests in the area for a potential international connection with the continent.

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The Dáil Environment Committee is today discussing the potential to export surplus electricity to the UK.

Homeowners may have to pay hundreds of euro to replace water pipes that do not comply with regulations associated with the installation of meters over the next two years.

Westmeath can become Ireland’s number one bioenergy region on foot of a ‘BioRegions’ project driven by Westmeath Community Development and supported by rural and farmer groups, according to Duncan Stewart.

Owen O’Callaghan is one of the few property developers who is still trading successfully five years after the property market first fell off a cliff.

A member of the board at the National Children's Hospital hopes the project will only be delayed by six months.

Ireland should not allow itself to be rushed into selling State assets, according to Bord Gais CEO John Mullins.

Plans to build a reservoir which would draw water from the Shannon to supply Dublin and surrounding areas will be discussed at an Oireachtas committee later today.

DAIRY farmers need to exercise caution to avoid incurring super levy fines due to over-production at the end of the 2010/2011 milk quota year, according to the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Brendan Smith.

WITH many Irish households facing into a financially challenging New Year, consumer website bonkers.ie has revealed some steps that can yield up to €100 per month in savings.

BORD GAIS Neptune coach Pat Price feels it’s time for Basketball Ireland to reexamine the two-conference system which has been operating in the Nivea for Men’s SuperLeague.

THE energy regulator has ruled out any exemption for schools from paying the same gas charges as homes and businesses, despite efforts by the Department of Education.

Nearly 1,000 workers at Bord Gáis are set to get a 3.5% pay increase this week, pushing the average salary at the company to almost €70,000.

THE army may come to the rescue of one of the country’s biggest builders and developers, Fleming Construction.

THE Government’s policy of compelling employees in semi-state agencies to decentralise has failed, SIPTU claimed yesterday.

BORD GÁIS is to build a multi-million euro pipeline from south Tipperary to east Cork to increase supply in the region.

EIRCOM is today expected to be served with notice of industrial action up to and including strike action by 4,500 of its workers.

A SITE has been identified In Enniscorthy, Co Wexford, for the establishment of a new headquarters for Bord Bia.

FARMERS in Co Limerick have renewed efforts to get alleged high livestock mortality levels around Askeaton investigated after Bord Pleanala has been told of high demand for livestock knackery services in the area.

An independent anti-doping agency for the greyhound industry may be set up by the Government, it emerged tonight.

The €200m Corrib Gas Field project was tonight approved by An Bord Pleanala.