The Government is to outline proposals for a planning tsar on recommendations from the damning Mahon Tribunal report.

PLANNING has just been granted this week for a €15m further investment and extension to the Ballincollig Shopping Centre in Cork, to be anchored by Tesco.

A new Tesco store, part of a €15m extension to Cork’s Ballincollig Shopping Centre, is set to bring 150 badly needed construction jobs over the next year.

The naming of property developer Joe O’Reilly, owner of the Moore Street/Moore Lane 1916 National Monument, as one of ‘The Maple 10’ developers linked to the Anglo banking scandal, is a matter of great concern.

The National Roads Authority and Cork County Council have jointly lodged an application with An Bord Pleanála for a €80m upgrade of the Jack Lynch Tunnel/Dunkettle interchange.

A local authority is being taken to task by the National Roads Authority (NRA) for allegedly creating traffic hazards on one of the country’s busiest tourist routes.

An Bord Pleanála is to hold an oral hearing into contentious plans by Eirgrid to run a 110kv overhead power line across a 40km stretch of Co Cork later this month.

The impact of a contentious pier on Ireland’s answer to Hawaii’s legendary ‘Pipeline wave’ will not be significant, a new report claims.

Campaigners opposed to the Office of Public Work’s €140m flood defence plan for Cork have insisted that a tidal barrier can be built for €135m.

The way has finally been cleared to demolish Apollo House in Dublin.

A company has failed in a High Court challenge to a Bord Pleanála refusal to approve composting activities by it on a farm in Co. Kildare.

A couple has launched a High Court challenge over a decision to grant planning permission for a windfarm development close to their Cork home.

A number of local residents have secured High Court orders on consent quashing An Bord Pleanála’s approval of permission for a windfarm in Co Wexford, writes Ann O’Loughlin.

An Bord Pleanála failed to take into account the rights of affected landowners or the potential impact of Brexit in approving the development of the North-South electricity interconnector, the Commercial Court has been told.

A company which teaches skydiving has today launched a High Court action over an order by Kilkenny County Council that the firm ceases operations.

The news comes after the last of three objections to its construction was withdrawn.

Munster Rugby might be flying high in Europe, but they have suffered a rare defeat at Thomond Park — to a group of local residents.

A new plan to create a pedestrian friendly space right in the heart of Dublin has been officially launched.

Tesco Ireland has temporarily put the brakes on German discounter Aldi’s Irish expansion plans.

A ruling to grant an expansion to Liffey Valley shopping centre in Dublin has been overturned.