Five sites have emerged as possible locations for a new port terminal in Cork Harbour.

Shell has asked for more time to resolve its Corrib gas pipeline issues.

Chambers Ireland have welcomed Bord Pleanala's approval for a new interconnector linking Ireland to Wales.

An Bord Pleanála has approved plans by EirGrid to build an electricity interconnector between Ireland and Wales.

Energy giant Shell has been told to re-route part of the controversial Corrib gas pipeline after planners today ruled it posed a safety risk.

An Bord Pleanála has deferred a final decision in relation to planning for the Corrib gas pipeline.

The ESB should start developing local power in Connemara rather than littering it with pylons, it was claimed today.

The local authorities have given approval for a planned €2bn town-centre development in Bray, Co Wicklow.

Planning corruption in the 1980s and 1990s has left hundreds of thousands of victims in its wake, it was claimed today.

Plans for a massive €1.25bn redevelopment in Dublin’s O’Connell Street were delayed again today after planners postponed a decision on whether it can go ahead.

An Bord Pleanála is due to begin an oral hearing today into some of the outstanding planning issues related to Shell's controversial Corrib gas project.

Local protestors will today seek a deferral of the oral hearing into the incinerator proposed for Ringaskiddy in Cork.

An Bord Pleanála has granted planning permission for a co-located private hospital on the grounds of Cork University Hospital.

The company responsible for running Cork's ports today reported an increase in turnover for the year 2008 of 5.5% to €26.3m, with pre-tax profits of €4.1m.

Planning was granted for almost 17,000 new homes under the government’s fast-track planning scheme in 2019, an increase of almost 10,000 on the previous year.

Communities around the country have taken on potential developments, writes Michael Clifford

A primary school has brought a High Court challenge to planning permission for Ireland's first supervised heroin injection facility.

The students and teachers of Gaelscoil an Ghoirt Álainn are delighted to be finally moving into their very first bricks and mortar school, after spending more than two decades in prefabs in an overflow carpark of Brian Dillons GAA club, writes Jess Casey.

Strict security arrangements, including access cards, CCTV and visiting restrictions, are part of the management plan for a new student apartment complex proposed for Limerick city.

A large new development on an industrial estate at Little Island in Cork is being challenged by Fianna Fáil TD, Pádraig O'Sullivan amid claims it will disturb local residents in terms of noise and traffic as well as posing an environmental risk.