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).

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.

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 revised planning application for a major quayside office development in Cork city has prompted a critical response from the management of the adjoining Elysian complex.

Traffic and building shoulder height issues have been raised in a submission by management of Cork’s Elysian development in relation to revised office block plans for a neighbouring city centre site.

Nama is on course to return a surplus to the State of roughly €1bn after repaying all senior bonds.

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.

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.

Unravelling the web of Government spin, our country is unequal, with senior people paid hundreds of thousands per year from the public purse, while tens of thousands are crippled with debt.

Nama has been asked to clarify its position on a planning objection lodged by one of its client firms against a €50m Cork City office block which has the potential to deliver 2,000 jobs.

Plans for a €50m, nine-storey office block in Cork City have been dealt a further blow with news of two further objections to its planning permission — including one from the owners of Ireland’s tallest building.

It’s back to the drawing board with plans for a long-awaited water scheme for a popular tourist area after the Circuit Court turned down a local authority’s proposals.

Fears have been expressed that defences erected around a toxic dump were breached during the recent hurricane, releasing potentially harmful chemicals into Cork harbour.

Planners have given the green light for a €50m, nine-storey office block which could deliver up to 2,000 jobs for Cork city.

A development company in Nama has objected to a massive office block project in Cork City which has the potential to deliver 2,000 jobs.