First-time buyers are to get up to €10,000 in a tax rebate as part of Government plans to reheat the property market.

A Waterford county councillor has publicly called for “special planning treatment” for the Ring Gaeltacht after claiming the future of the region was under threat from “too many blow-ins”.

Another autumn of discontent awaits college students as the scramble for scarcer and dearer accommodation is tougher than in any of the last 10 years.

Numerous student accommodation complexes have been proposed over the past year but, as this selection shows, they have had varying levels of success in the planning process.

An Bord Pleanála has given the green light for a new nine-storey office block overlooking the River Liffey opposite the International Financial Services Centre.

The settled suburb of Ballinlough in Cork has joined the ranks of addresses to achieve a €1m house sale.

Measures to stop land hoarding, create a more efficient planning system, and greater access to information, would start addressing the issue, writes Kieran Rose

A large majority of county councillors in Cork are seeking to formally register their opposition to an incinerator project in Ringaskiddy.

On the eve of an oral hearing into plans for an incinerator in Ringaskiddy, Co Cork, the man driving the project for the past 16 years has admitted to “feeling sorry” for the residents of the area.

It is 15 years since the residents of Ringaskiddy heard about plans for an incinerator in their backyard. They tell Catherine Shanahan their opposition to the project has not dimmed.

Sixteen years later and €12m poorer, Indaver is no less committed to building an incinerator in Ringaskiddy. On the eve of yet another oral hearing and with a third planning application under scrutiny, Indaver Ireland chief John Ahern tells Catherine Shanahan that he’s upbeat about their chances of success.

It drives spin-off business in Kinsale to the tune of around €10m every year. Little wonder the reopening yesterday of the acclaimed Old Head golf links for 2016 has the town smiling. It isn’t just a boon for golfers, writes Tony Leen

A local authority has agreed to quash planning approval for a bathing changing area at the home of a neighbour of film-maker Neil Jordan, the High Court has heard.

Residents of a Co Cork village are shocked at revelations that 40,000 tonnes of incinerator ash could be buried every year at an unused landfill on their doorstep.