Irish Examiner view: We have to reform the Irish planning system

Concerns about governance at An Bord Pleanála have been ignored for over a decade and must be addressed now

Papers concerning the controversy involving Paul Hyde and An Bord Pleanála have gone to the Director of Public Prosecutions. File picture

Now that papers concerning the former An Bord Pleanála official Paul Hyde have gone to the DPP, commentators become more constrained in discussing the case than in the recent months of speculation.  

Not that this development suspends the work of Ireland’s planning overlords and its quasijudicial function in determining the future of projects and developments which are fundamental for the State and its citizens in these challenging times.