The appeals board has given Pat Crean’s Marlet Group the green light in spite of strong local opposition against the plan.

An Bord Pleanala has given the green light to 290 apartments at Citywest in spite of opposition to the plan by retail giant, Dunnes Stores.

Calls are mounting for a review of the legislation and licensing process which allows “intrusive” mobile phone signal booster masts to be erected without planning permission.

A High Court challenge has been taken over An Bord Pleanála's permission for construction of 245 apartments and a childcare facility on part of the former premier Dairies site in Dublin.

The High Court has overturned, on consent, a planning permission for construction of 164 homes on the site of a disused hotel in Howth village.

Plans for nearly 2,500 homes in Dublin have been lodged with An Bord Pleanála.

Planners have called for local authorities to be given additional powers to ensure that the developers of large-scale housing projects are not merely obtaining planning permission for the purpose of 'flipping' the sites and turning a profit.

Fast track planning permission is being sought this week for a 17-storey apartment tower, on Cork city’s South Link Road, on a compact site previously a rail track goods yard and sidings.

One of Ireland’s best-known broadcasters, Newstalk's Pat Kenny and his wife, Kathy, have lost out in their battle against plans for apartment and housing development on a site adjacent to their Dalkey home.

An Bord Pleanála has refused planning permission for an "iconic" €14m steel rollercoaster for Tayto Park as the operation of the ride would be too noisy for nearby residents.

Planning permission has been granted for nearly 300 apartments in south Dublin.

In total, the number of planning permissions granted for dwelling units - houses and apartments - is down 3.5%.

Spencer Place Development Company, the company with whom developer Johnny Ronan is a director, has said it anticipates that Dublin City Council will rule in its favour in a high-building review this week.

The proposed 66-apartment, 13-storey tower in Glanmire would have been just four metres shorter than the Elysian tower, the tallest building in Cork.

The planning watchdog has refused permission for the development of a Lidl supermarket in a Cork suburb for the second time, following local objections.

A legal challenge against the granting of planning permission to a proposed controversial €160m incinerator at Ringaskiddy in Cork Harbour opened in the High Court today.

Planning permission has been granted for a new facility by Echelon Data Centres in Arklow, Co Wicklow as part of the firm's €500m investment.

Newstalk's Pat Kenny and his wife, Kathy have emerged victorious in their battle against plans for three apartment blocks and seven houses on a site adjacent to their Dalkey home.

Plans for a drug rehabilitation in a Meath village by an off-shoot development of the Church of Scientology has received a setback today after An Bord Pleanála ruled saying that it is not exempt from planning permission.

TD Michael Healy-Rae has been refused planning for apartments in a vacant public house in Tralee, with the planning inspector describing what was proposed as “substandard” and meeting only minimum requirements.

RTÉ bosses have been told to go back to the drawing board over their plans for a large carpark at the station’s headquarters in Montrose in Dublin.

Approval has been granted for the opening of a new off-licence on the site of a former bookmaker’s shop at Dillons Cross in Cork City, despite objections by local residents.

Midleton GAA club has to put its plans to move to new grounds in the town on hold following an objection to the development of new facilities by a local resident.

Homeless charity The Peter McVerry Trust has secured planning permission for 18 apartments in Dublin city centre.

Planning permissions for new homes are soaring, with a 42% rise reported in the year to June and houses accounting for the vast majority of those granted.

Planning permission for more than 16,000 new homes was granted in 2016, an increase of 26% on the previous year.

Planning permission has been granted for the new children's hospital on the site of St. James's Hospital in Dublin.

The number of planning permissions granted in the last three months of 2015 has almost doubled.

The country’s largest local authority has been asked to explain why it has not used its power to deny new planning permissions to the developers of ghost estates.

There has been an increase of almost a quarter in the number of planning permissions granted.

FBD Property and Leisure Limited (FBDPLL) has applied for planning permission for a €5.5 million development of Castleknock Hotel and Country Club.