An Bord Pleanála should have demanded a safety audit before approving the €200m Corrib Gas Field project, it was claimed today.

The €200m Corrib Gas Field project was tonight approved by An Bord Pleanala.

Comments by Minister for Defence Willie O'Dea that the Cork site for a controversial incinerator were not in his opinion "appropriate" for the waste facility have prompted the company behind the plan to counter that neither the local naval base nor the marine college opposed the planning application.

A Fianna Fáil candidate blamed a “media witchunt” on his family for pulling out of the forthcoming Meath by-election, it emerged tonight.

Heritage campaigners today backed a decision to block the building of a wind farm overlooking the pilgrimage island of Lough Derg in Co Donegal.

Environmental activists fighting plans for a toxic burner in Cork harbour today claimed the Government had washed its hands of local people’s health.

Shamrock Rovers' future is once again in doubt after South Dublin County Council (SDCC) refused an application to extend planning permission for the club’s new home ground in Tallaght.

Dublin City Council has approved plans to construct a 32-storey tower that, if completed, would become Ireland’s tallest building.

A couple who fought for 15 years to secure planning permission to develop one of the world’s largest stalactites as a tourist attraction could face another hurdle, it emerged today.

An Bord Pleanála has approved plans by an Anglo-Irish consortium to construct Ireland's largest factory outlet centre in Dundalk, Co Louth.

An Bord Pleanála has denied planning permission for a development at one of Ireland's oldest round towers in the Clondalkin area of west Dublin.

A new €100m development at the Royal Dublin Society grounds in Dublin was today given the go-ahead.

Two landowners have brought a High Court challenge against the planning authorities decision to grant planning permission for a wind farm near their home.

A group of Cobh residents have brought a High Court challenge against An Bord Pleanála's decision to grant permission for the construction of a scrap-metal processing facility.

The Taoiseach Enda Kenny has said there is no point in the Environment Minister Phil Hogan meeting objectors to a massive sewage treatment plant in Dublin.

The site for a “super” sewage treatment plant will be revealed today.

The site for a super sewage treatment plant will be revealed tomorrow.

The chairman designate of Eirgrid has pledged to work with communities over the issue of pylons.

Up to 500 jobs could be created after An Bord Pleanála granted permission for a €50m development at Kildare Village Outlet.

A total of 90 new jobs have been announced by firms in Dublin, Cork, Clare and Galway this morning.