The Government is to provide a €10m stimulus package to secure the development of a conference and events centre in Cork City.

Cork’s city councillors voted last night against giving a developer the right of way over a public green to facilitate access to a site for a housing development.

Rulings in favour of people who disregard the vital, democratic, planning process send a worrying message, writes Mary Crowley.

Two Magdalene orders which have refused to contribute to the laundry redress scheme are one step closer to multi-million euro windfalls thanks to a land zoning change.

A proposal by Shannon LNG for a heat and power electricity-generating plant to serve the country’s first liquefied natural gas terminal on the Shannon Estuary has been submitted to An Bord Pleanála.

Celebrity hotelier John Brennan looks set to see his dream of developing a luxurious, safari-style camping park in Kerry come true after An Bord Pleanála withdrew an appeal.

AS US-BASED internet security company FireEye last week visited Cork City and its suburbs to consider new offices for 150 jobs, and as several significant other office demands progress around the city, planning permission has just been refused by An Bord Pleanala for an 82,000 sq ft office and mixed used development in suburban Wilton.

Bord Pleanála has granted permission for a company to recycle 45,000 tonnes of scrapped metal annually at a former dockyard in Co Cork.

THE former Lovetts’ Restaurant in Cork City’s suburbs is back for sale as a development opportunity with planning for 19 units: it is priced at €500,000 with Savills agents, Isobel O’Regan and Sam Daunt.

An extension of the deep water container terminal in Ringaskiddy is “vital” for the southern region’s future economic wellbeing.

The owner of Fr Ted Crilly’s parochial house has hit out at fresh Government plans to construct visitor facilities at Mullaghmore in the Burren.

Waste management firm Indaver has dropped an appeal against costs awarded against it following a legal action in which a judge said its behaviour amounted to an abuse of process.

An Bord Pleanála has granted permission for Glanbia Ingredients Ireland Ltd’s (GIIL) proposed milk powder development at the IDA site at Belview, Co Kilkenny.

A judge described legal proceedings being brought by a small rural community against a local authority and An Bord Pleanála as “very complex and important for all concerned’’.

A regional airport is opposing plans for a wind farm, on the grounds that it may cause hazards for aircraft using the facility.

An ancient river valley community is taking legal proceedings against Kerry County Council over plans to extract water from a river to supply Kenmare town.

The future of a Kerry medical centre is uncertain as three GP practices have begun the process of relocating, following a ruling by An Bord Pleanála.

The Port of Cork may seek private sector investment to help it develop new cargo-handling facilities in Ringaskiddy.

A planned €16m sports academy at the Institute of Technology Tralee has been delayed due to funding problems.

Rival backers of multimillion- euro events centre projects in Cork have welcomed news that public investment may be available to help get the scheme off the ground.