THE Gortadroma landfill in West Limerick will have no more space next year at current usage but may have its life span extended by 15 to 20 years, a Bord Pleanála oral hearing in Limerick was told yesterday.

TAOISEACH Bertie Ahern was urged yesterday to appoint a single minister to take overall responsibility for the implementation of the heavily under-funded and grossly delayed National Development Plan (NDP).

PLEAS have been made for a review of planning fees as An Bord Pleanála prepares to increase its charges by an above-inflation 5% at the end of this month.

A HUSBAND and wife have lodged an appeal with An Bord Pleanála against the decision of Waterford County Council to grant planning permission for a €52 million hotel and holiday home development close to the resort of Clonea outside Dungarvan.

BRIAN HANRATTY (Irish Examiner letters, November 3) is incorrect in his statement that Indaver Ireland’s municipal waste incinerator in Co Meath will “pose a new threat” to the heritage of the Boyne valley.

ATHLONE Town Council will decide today if it is to give the green light to a major €150 million development that has met with strong local objection.

TWO Government ministers conceded yesterday that the proposed site for the State’s first €93m toxic waste incinerator at Ringaskiddy in County Cork was “inappropriate.”

THE Government is hoping to speed up and save money on multi-billion euro transport projects following the introduction of a planning infrastructure bill.

BRIDEVIEW Developments has been granted planning permission to proceed with a multi-million euro development in Midleton, Co Cork.

CONTROVERSIAL plans for Ireland’s first bio-diesel production plant have been approved despite the advice of a senior planner.

SAVINGS of up to an hour on car journeys between Dublin and other cities within five years and a dedicated route from Letterkenny to Waterford are among the main roads projects of the Transport 21 plan.

A BREAKTHROUGH in the Castlehyde House planning wrangle between dancer Michael Flatley and Cork County Council is on the horizon.

THERE is something fundamentally wrong that the communities in Ringaskiddy and those in the surrounding Cork harbour area should be subjected to a Bord Pleanála oral hearing in relation to the proposed Indaver Ireland hazardous waste incinerator.

THE Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) yesterday defended its deferral, for a second time, of a decision on a toxic waste incinerator in Cork Harbour.

A DECISION on whether a controversial halfway house for recovering alcoholics can be built has been deferred for another three months, during which time those behind the project hope to allay fears of locals.

TWO experts in Catholic law yesterday said the final decision on controversial plans to alter the interior of St Coleman’s Cathedral should be made by the Holy See in Rome.

THE number of helicopters registered in Ireland has doubled in the last five years, it emerged yesterday.

THEY may have lost the battle against the creation of a €56 million superdump, but people living in a small rural community in Cork are determined they will have their say on a new monitoring committee set up to ensure it’s run to the highest possible standards.