Plans to bring natural gas from the newly-discovered Co Mayo Corrib field are to be further delayed until fears over the safety of a €150m terminal can be put to rest.

An Bord Pleanala has rejected an appeal against local authority decisions to grant planning permission for a series of electricity pylons in Leitrim, Roscommon and Sligo.

An Bord Pleanala overturned 27% of local authority planning decisions last year, according to figures released by the planning appeals body today.

The Labour Party has accused the Government of putting the needs of property developers above the needs of local communities in its planning and development policies.

Grocers' lobby group RGDATA has welcomed a decision by An Bord Pleanála to refuse planning permission for a new out-of-town superstore in Donegal town.

An Bord Pleanála has approved planning permission for a controversial "new town" development in Dublin's Phoenix Park.

An Bord Pleanala is expected to rule today on objections to the construction of a new town in the Phoenix Park in Dublin.

An Bord Pleanala has rejected a planning application for the construction of an explosives factory near the Co Clare village of Kildysart.

The Green Party has reiterated its call for a ban on the incineration of municipal waste, just days after An Bord Pleanala approved plans for a controversial €80m incinerator near Duleek in Co Meath.

Fine Gael Louth TD, Fergus O'Dowd, today slammed the decision of An Bord Pleanala to locate an incinerator beside the town of Drogheda.

An Bórd Pleanála has approved the construction of a controversial waste incinerator near Duleek in Co Meath.

A new business park has been given permission to go ahead which will increase the industrial capacity of Shannon airport by as much as 50%.

An Bord Pleanala has approved a controversial landfill project at a 66-acre site near Navan in Co Meath.

The Government may forward plans for waste incinerators and landfill sites directly to An Bórd Pleanála in an effort to speed up construction, according to reports this morning.

An Bord Pleanala has approved the construction of a controversial toll plaza on the Drogheda by-pass in Co Meath.

An Bórd Pleanála has rejected an appeal from environmentalists against the construction of a peat-fired ESB power station in Shannonbridge, Co Offaly.

An Bord Pleanala has rejected an appeal by Friends of the Irish Environment against the construction of a peat-fired ESB power station in Lanesboro, Co Longford.

An oral hearing by An Bord Pleanala into the granting of planning permission for an onshore gas terminal in Co Mayo has begun.

An Bord Pleanala will begin to hear an appeal today into the location of an onshore gas terminal in Co Mayo.

An Taisce and Friends of the Irish Environment have lost their appeal against President Mary McAleese’s plans to build a holiday home in a scenic area in Co Roscommon.