Plans for the new dedicated children’s hospital in Dublin have been refused, it has been confirmed.

An Bord Pleanala has given the go-ahead for the new Dublin Institute of Technology (DIT) campus at Grangegorman in Dublin.

Health Minister Dr James Reilly has today agreed to an extension of the deadline for the receipt of the report of the Review Group on the National Paediatric Hospital.

Minister for Health Dr James Reilly said today that the Government will make a decision on the location of the new National Children's Hospital in a matter of weeks.

Co-location must remain the top priority in deciding the site for the new National Children's Hospital, according to one of the country's top consultant cardiologists.

It is understood that Dublin's Mater Hospital site could once again be the preferred location for the National Children's Hospital, after the religious order which owns the hospital put forward a new proposal.

The Cabinet will today consider the implications of An Bord Pleanala's decision to reject planning permission for the new National Children's Hospital.

There are calls for Chinese to be taught at Leaving Cert level in Ireland after yesterday's green light for the Euro-Chinese trading hub in Co Westmeath.

An Taisce, the National Trust, has expressed its concern at the granting of planning permission for the first phase of the Euro Chinese Trading Hub in Co. Westmeath.

An Bord Pleanála has given the green light for the first phase of a massive project in Co Westmeath, it has emerged today.

The Health Minister James Reilly has said Nama had offered 11 different sites for a new National Children's Hospital.

Children's Hospital development board member, businesswoman Norah Casey, has repeated the Mater Hospital site as the best location for the new facility.

The link-up of the red and green LUAS lines in Dublin has been approved by An Bord Pleanála.

The refusal of An Bord Pleanála to grant planning permission to build a graveyard and crematorium near the Dublin Mountains is being challenged in the High Court.

The High Court has cleared the way for a legal challenge to An Bord Pleanala's decision to approve planning permission for a largescale retail development in Ballincollig,Co Cork.

By Aodhan O'Faolain and Ray Managh

ACC Bank has told the High Court that it will challenge a ruling yesterday in the Northern Ireland High Court declaring a Co Wicklow businessman a bankrupt.

German retail chain Lidl has secured a High Court order to stop the locks being changed on a Dublin premises where they plan to build a new foodstore.

An Bord Pleanála is holding an oral hearing today into plans to build a €242m private hospital in the grounds of Cork University Hospital.

An Bord Pleanala has warned that local authorities around the country may have to reconsider certain aspects of their development plans.