AN BORD Pleanála has given the green light for work to begin on the long-awaited Waterford to Kilcullen dual carriageway, despite close to 20 major objections from land and home owners.

MOVES to build a private hospital and to relocate the Enable Ireland services in Cork city took a significant step forward yesterday.

The outcome of the Bord Pleanála decision on the proposed incinerator at Ringaskiddy, which gave approval to Indaver Ireland to proceed with the country’s first toxic waste plant, is a perplexing one.

RESIDENTS welcomed an An Bórd Pleanála decision yesterday to refuse planning permission for a controversial €200 million housing development around a historic Cork home.

PEOPLE power is the only thing that will force big businesses to lower their prices, according to one Meath woman who has already succeeded in getting cheaper grocery prices for her hometown.

THE imprisonment of five Mayo men in the Corrib gas pipeline controversy represents a major public relations disaster for the giant Shell corporation.

REVENUES at the Royal Dublin Society (RDS) increased by 12% to €10.7 million last year, the society said yesterday.

THERE are no plans to toll the major new dual carriageway link between Waterford and Kilcullen, according to those behind the project.

THE National Roads Authority has denied protestors’ claims of victory after archaeologists resumed work on the controversial Carrickmines Castle site.

THE Progressive Democrats insisted yesterday there was no Cabinet split between Tánaiste Mary Harney and Justice Minister Michael McDowell on the Government’s incineration policy.

AS we approach the EPA’s oral hearing on the Indaver incinerator licence, on Monday, it is interesting to note last Monday’s debate on incineration at the Cork School of Culture, Chríost Rí.

THERE was a strong garda presence at the Old Head of Kinsale golf course yesterday where, despite inclement weather, the Cork Anti-War Campaign and Workers’ Solidarity hosted a peace picnic protest.

CLOSE to 300 submissions have been made to An Bord Pleanála on the new Waterford to Kilcullen dual carriageway - more than twice the anticipated tally.

DANCER Michael Flatley has been rebuked again by Cork County Council for carrying out work on his €30 million Fermoy mansion without planning permission.

WHILE it still hasn’t been confirmed officially, the re-opening of the Midleton to Cork rail line could be announced within the next 10 days, in advance of the local elections.

A CONSORTIUM of investors won out when the sale of the Wilton Shopping Centre, owned by Tesco, went to best bids last Tuesday.

OUR prosperous times have caused a quandary for Limerick County Council’s planning department.

AN €8.5 million plan to make the Great Blasket island a national historic park is in “grave jeopardy” following the refusal of An Bord Pleanála to give planning permission for a café, the biggest landowner on the island warned yesterday.

Eddie Cassidy

CORK City Council have taken a High Court action challenging the decision by An Bord Pleanála to reduce a €4.3 million public facility contribution to €2.6m from a major builder for a mixed use residential office and retail development on a 1.24-hectare site in Cork.