Work is nearing completion on the €8m clean-up of part of a Cork harbour island once used by Irish Steel/Irish Ispat and which will be opened as a public recreation area next year.

When people consider planning laws and planning permission, they normally associate it with building residential houses and commercial buildings.

A High Court judge has ordered that a dispute over redevelopment works at the Ormond Hotel in Dublin be case managed before a trial date can be given.

Judgement has been reserved at the Supreme Court on an appeal over whether An Bord Pleanála breached its obligations in how it approved the first phase of tech giant Apple’s planned €850m data centre in Co Galway.

The law was “radically misapplied” by An Bord Pleanála in the way it granted permission for the first phase of tech giant Apple’s planned €850m data centre in Athenry, Co Galway, the Supreme Court has heard.

Land sales may be down in number, but they were up in value for 2018, writes Denis O’Donoghue.

Plans by Dublin City Council to pedestrianise part of College Green in Dublin would be more likely to receive support if they carry out a trial of their proposals.

An application to build the Dublin Metrolink rail line is unlikely to be made until 2020.

Approval has been given for the controversial move to convert a former pub near the centre of Mitchelstown into an amusement arcade, despite strong opposition in the north Cork town.

Further calls have been made to amend Waterford’s county development plan to exclude wind turbines in an area where 300 homes could be impacted by them.

Plans have been approved to extend the tourist shop at the entrance to Blarney Castle in Cork, despite an objection over concern for the safety of visitors.

Campaigners opposing a large solar farm planned in West Cork have called on the Government and local authorities to introduce legislation and guidelines to control and regulate the development of such projects around the country.

A county councillor is attempting to block the development of several new office blocks at Little Island in Cork amid concern it would create further traffic congestion.

Many people will celebrate the new year tonight, but others in rural communities are living in a state of anxiety about what 2019 will bring.

CONTENTIOUS plans for a €40 million private hospital for Ennis have been thrown out by An Bord Pleanála.

PLANS for a unique tourism product on the eastern edge of the Burren that has the potential to generate €3 million per annum and create up to 18 jobs have been thrown into doubt.

CROKE PARK will be unavailable for next year’s prestigious World Handball Championships because of its handball centre’s protracted planning permission process.

KERRY county manager Tom Curran has promised to maintain pressure on the National Roads Authority (NRA) and Cork County Council to ensure work on the long-awaited Macroom bypass road goes ahead.

SHELL IRELAND has received a further cash injection of €60 million from its parent company to complete the Corrib gas field project.

A CONTROVERSIAL plan by Kerry County Council to abstract water from the River Sheen to supply the tourist town of Kenmare is the subject of a two-day planning hearing that starts today.