DUBLIN AIRPORT is to get busier after An Bord Pleanála granted permission for the main passenger terminal to be expanded.

RESIDENTS living close to the site of a proposed bio-energy plant in south Tipperary yesterday voiced concerns about the development of a large-scale plant dealing with animal by-products in their locality.

RACEHORSE trainer Aidan O’Brien has rejected claims from the promoters of a proposed animal byproducts plant that his horses weren’t affected by emissions from a former rendering plant in the vicinity.

A LEADING economist has warned that “uncertainty” over the possible development of an animal byproducts processing plant in south Tipperary could prompt racehorse owners to move their horses away from the Coolmore-owned Ballydoyle facility.

CAMPAIGNERS against an incinerator which will turn waste into electricity for 50,000 Dublin homes are taking their fight to the High Court.

COOLMORE yesterday launched a blistering attack on a proposed animal byproducts treatment plant, which would be located 3km from its Ballydoyle training facility, describing it as “the wrong use in the wrong location”.

CHAMPION trainer Aidan O’Brien has warned that the development of an animal waste plant close to his base in south Tipperary would mean the “end of Ballydoyle” as a world-class training facility.

THE development of a animal byproducts and bio-energy plant in south Tipperary is “in the national interest”, promoters of the proposed facility said yesterday.

AN BORD PLEANÁLA is to hold an oral hearing next month into plans by the Port of Cork to build a €226 million cargo terminal at Ringaskiddy.

A KERRY County Council decision to turn down a planning application for a shopping development in Castleisland could cost the town 90 jobs, it was claimed yesterday.

THE Port of Cork Company wants to build a very large container port at Oyster Bank in Ringaskiddy.

I SUPPORT the parents of children attending Ballincurrig NS, near Midleton, Co Cork, in their protest against eircom’s plans to erect a digital radio mast just 50 metres from the school.

A YOUNG sister and brother lost their lives yesterday when the car which was dropping them to school crashed head-on with a lorry.

THE country’s largest private waste collector claimed yesterday that a decision by Bord Pleanála to turn down its plans for a controversial €20 million superdump would only compound the waste crisis facing the Munster region.

SWEDISH furniture retailer Ikea has been given the green light by An Bord Pleanála to build its first outlet in the Republic of Ireland, although the planned opening of the controversial superstore could face delays due to a number of planning conditions.

UP to 30 caravans are being kept out of a popular blue flag beach in Kerry for the second summer in succession.

CARBON dioxide emissions from a planned incinerator on Dublin Bay will cost the taxpayer up to €33 million annually, it was claimed yesterday.

THE contrast between George Lee’s ‘Future Shock: End of Oil’ and the following programme, Questions and Answers (RTÉ 1, June 18), was both pronounced and scary.

AN BORD Pleanála has cleared the way for a major revamp of Cork’s Musgrave Park stadium.

DUBLIN Airport Authority (DAA) has warned it could miss its target of having a new terminal built by the summer of 2009 if it does not get final planning permission by the end of the month.