In our country we still have places that bear no evidence of disturbance by man, that are in their pristine state and rich with all the elements that feed the spirit and deliver us into the world beyond the skin of the time and circumstances we live in.

Education is an uncontestable good. It empowers and liberates and helps us all to realise potential.

The developers of the proposed student apartment complex overlooking the Lough in Cork city have started discussions with An Bord Pleanála with a view to increasing the number of apartments in the development.

An Bord Pleanála has been refused leave to appeal a High Court decision quashing approval for a 197-unit strategic infrastructure residential development in Bearna, Co Galway.

Funding of €6.5 million for the cycleways is being supplemented by an increase in the local property tax.

Bord na Móna and the ESB are battling to secure planning permission for a large-scale solar farm that will have the capacity to power 30% of all households in Co Kildare each year.

An Bórd Pleanála is set to make a key decision within days which will determine the timeline for delivery of Cork’s first flood defences.

A 17-storey apartment complex in Cork city has been approved by An Bord Pleanála despite recommendations from planners at Cork City Council that it be refused, it has emerged.

The owner of Tayto Park said that his proposed new €15.5m rollercoaster won’t be heard by neighbours.

Resourcing our judiciary is necessary to arrive at a planning system that is fit for purpose, one that can deliver major investment and infrastructural projects, writes Sean Finlay

The screams by passengers on Tayto Park’s planned new €15.5 million rollercoaster won’t impact on nearby residents.

An Bord Pleanála has approved the construction of a 17-storey apartment block in Cork city centre.

A business group in Dublin’s Docklands has questioned whether a €320m project by Dublin Port Company (DPC) to double its capacity is in the interests of businesses and residents.

Last week, en route to La Gomera in the Canary Islands, I decide to stop off in Tenerife and take the 1.2km cable car ride to the top of Mount Teide, 3,660m above sea level. Cable cars are invariably an exciting way to travel.

The Government's fast-track housing scheme is expected to be revamped if it is extended beyond the end of the year, with permissions likely to be limited to just one year to encourage construction.

An Bord Pleanála has refused planning for a 10-storey apartment and leisure complex on a derelict site near Dungarvan town centre.

A new €40m data centre dedicated to the public sector is set for construction in Co Kildare.

An Bord Pleanála has approved the development of a sustainable transport bridge over the River Suir connecting Waterford city’s south quay to a strategic development zone on the north quays.

The future of what is Ireland’s only dedicated track for car drifting – Total Drift in east Cork – is uncertain after a ruling that planning permission is needed for the continued use of the facility.

The announcement came after Eoghan Murphy, Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government, finally agreed that his department would co-fund the redesign of the weir in Fermoy.