THE Green Party in Waterford has accused Iarnród Éireann of abandoning a transport plan for the city by pressing ahead with a proposal to upgrade the existing railway station.

CORK County Council has issued a warning letter to a wealthy businessman who travels from his home by helicopter about an alleged unauthorised hangar-like building on his land.

IT seemed like an impossible dream for many years but Cork School of Music is ready to open the doors to a new €60 million future.

CORK County Council planning officials have been urged not to force biofuel industries to locate in urban areas or ports.

THE members of An Bord Pleanála were unanimous in their decision to grant permission for the construction of a new Lansdowne Road stadium — despite a recommendation of refusal by its own inspector.

THE Baptist community has expressed its shock at a decision from An Bord Pleanála to refuse plans for a €9 million residential, religious and training centre in Co Cork.

AN Bord Pleanála has turned down a controversial plan to build Ireland’s first anaerobic waste digester, much to the delight of a small community in Co Cork.

PEOPLE travelling to the first Ikea furniture store in the Republic will account for up to 12% of all vehicles using the already congested M50, according to the National Roads Authority.

RYANAIR has vowed to continue its legal challenge to oppose the building of a controversial second terminal at Dublin Airport if it is granted planning permission by An Bord Pleanála.

MORE than 200 objections have been lodged to plans for the construction of a processing plant for animal waste close to the world-famous Coolmore Stud and Ballydoyle Stables in Co Tipperary.

RETAIL giant Lidl has apologised to three politicians it accused of interfering in the planning process for political reasons.

THE handing over of Thomond Park to contractors for the €40 million redevelopment of the stadium has been delayed by one week.

A DELEGATION from the European Commission is to travel to Dublin next month to inspect the proposed site for an incinerator at Poolbeg.

CONFUSION surrounded the fate of the controversial Poolbeg incinerator last night after Tánaiste Michael McDowell said the project had collapsed, only to be contradicted by Dublin City Council.

IKEA’S plans to open up shop just off the congested M50 in North Dublin are to be put to the test at an oral hearing next month.

TALKS continued over the weekend to try and resolve the planning impasse which threatens to delay the€40 million development of Thomond Park.

WHEN the GAA’s Management Committee and Central Council meet today they should take stock of the decisions they are being asked to make as regards the use of Croke Park in 2008 for games other than those promoted by the GAA.

THE Limerick rugby club, which is objecting to the €40 million redevelopment of Thomond Park, yesterday pledged to resolve the issue.

IN the run-up to the general election it’s perhaps timely to consider the appalling lack of respect for our heritage which has been continually displayed by the Government, in particular since 2002 when Martin Cullen and his successor Dick Roche held the Environment portfolio.

PLANS for one of Ireland’s largest retirement villages have been overturned.