The hotel group that co-owns the luxury five-star Merrion Hotel in Dublin last year sustained an 18% drop in pre-tax profits to £2m (€2.43m).

A failure by An Bord Pleanála to consider the needs of cyclists and pedestrians when it refused permission for a major road-widening scheme extending 28km between Tralee and Daingean in Co Kerry has led to a High Court order overturning that refusal.

The housing minister has ordered a fresh probe into the planning system in six local authorities.

THIS year marks an important anniversary.

Work should be clear to proceed on a redevelopment of the Dell computer plant in Limerick into a €300 million medical manufacturing facility after withdrawal of an appeal to An Bord Pleanála.

The withdrawn plans for a major new office complex on Cork’s Albert Quay have been replaced with a new application from joint developers BAM Property Ltd & Progressive Commercial Construction Ltd.

Plans for the €70m upgrade of Páirc Uí Chaoimh in Cork have been given the green light by the council.

Progressive Commercial Construction’s application for a major office development on Cork’s Albert Quay has been withdrawn.

Plans have been lodged for an extension to two units at the Douglas Court Shopping Centre in Cork, above.

A regional airport is said to be close to an agreement with a windfarm developer in relation to the cost of adjusting its technology to allow aircraft land safely.

Irish Residential Property REIT (I.RES) has bought an apartment block in the Grand Canal Dock area of Dublin for €50.1m from Brehon Capital Partners and Midwest Holding.

An Bord Pleanála has approved an ambitious €40m remediation plan to transform one of the State’s worst environmental disaster zones into a large public park.

Cork GAA coffers will contribute €20m to the redevelopment of Páirc Uí Chaoimh, board secretary Frank Murphy has revealed.

The approval of the Docklands Strategic Development Zone by Bord Pleanála could deliver additional housing for almost 5,800 people.

The Port of Cork intends applying to An Bord Pleanala, yet again, for a 400,000-capacity container terminal at Ringaskiddy.

Cork City Council has given the go-ahead for a major c 200,000 sq ft office development plan at Albert Quay, Cork.

Plans for a nine-storey office block in the heart of Cork City with the potential to deliver up to 2,000 jobs, have been dealt a fresh blow after the High Court granted a judicial review of planning permission for the development.

A €220m development for the former Dell site in Limerick can proceed following a decision by An Taisce to withdraw its appeal with An Bord Pleanála.

A leading environmental campaigner has given her seal of approval to a plan to make safe a toxic dump in Cork harbour and transform it ito a public park.

An Bord Pleanála has granted planning permission to Vodafone to retain two masts at Moll’s Gap, a well-known viewing area and stop-off point between Killarney and Kenmare.