AN BORD Pleanála was not subjected to any external pressure in relation to the €900 million Corrib Gas project, the head of the authority said yesterday.

FOR the last six years, I have been involved in trying to help contain the effects of current policies regarding housing development in my area of Co Wexford - Murrintown/Mayglass.

WHAT law is it that allows five innocent men to be jailed in order to facilitate the construction of a pipeline carrying untreated gas through their lands?

U2 rocker The Edge yesterday lost his High Court bid to quash a decision of An Bord Pleanala refusing him planning permission for a major extension at his home at Sorrento Cottage, in Dalkey, Co Dublin.

PROTESTERS last night said they were prepared to take a European court case against proposals to build Ireland’s first toxic waste incinerator.

A MULTI-MILLION euro residential and business development on the outskirts of Nenagh, Co Tipperary, has been granted planning permission by Nenagh Town Council.

A SUPER DUMP proposal at a forestry site on the Cork-Limerick border was rejected yesterday for a second time by Bord Pleanála.

MILLIONAIRE businessman and leading Fianna Fáil supporter Jim Mansfield looks set for another major confrontation with the planning authorities over his plans to build a €50 million conference centre as part of his Citywest complex in south-west Dublin.

THE first phase of the €3 million ‘Banks of the Lee’ walkway, first suggested almost 20 years ago, was finally opened to the public yesterday.

FORMER Junior Minister Ivor Callely could be forced to scrap guest accommodation he built at his holiday home if he loses an appeal to An Bord Pleanála.