Residents had raised concerns about the potential loss of light and views

The State has made a commitment to increase its electricity generated from renewable energy to 70% by 2030, but the conflict between development and conservation, landowners and residents, is one that is being replicated across rural Ireland, writes Michael Clifford

Lawyers acting on behalf of a US-based Kerry developer — who is charged, inter alia, with embezzlement from employee benefit funds — have filed a pre-trial motion seeking to dismiss some of the charges against him, his sister, and a company employee.

Council officials have prepared a submission for An Bord Pleanála on proposals to build 22 wind turbines in the Nagle mountains, bordering on communities in Ballyhooly, Glenville and Killavullen

Patricia Kenny’s case was the proposed development required an Environmental Impact Assessment

Chair of the M28 Steering Group, Ger Harrington, said it was a devastating blow but that the community would accept it. "We left nothing out on the pitch, we fought the good fight, and exercised our constitutional right."

Planners said the proposal would result in “a visually obtrusive development”

Separate planning application for a new fertiliser plant is currently being assessed

EirGrid said it hopes to provide mitigation measures to ease disruption during the works.

Proposed development on former mother and baby home represents 'a realistic and deliverable opportunity' to help address the deficit in the city’s housing provision, say developers

Thirty-six councillors voted to reject, two voted in favour and six abstained. Among the six were the council's two Green councillors.

The aim is to manage peak milk supplies from 2022

The board ordered a buffer zone to be established around a local ring fort in order to prevent damage to the listed monument

CSO data shows planning permission was granted for more than 26,000 apartments, the vast majority of which were for students

Council 'firmly opposed' to 12 'giant' 150m-high turbines, citing impact on local households and the environment

An alternative route via Cahir has been proposed as a far more sensible and cheaper option to connect all three cities in Munster writes Sean O’Riordan. He talks to farmers, business people, and homeowners who are opposed to an expensive plan that would offer a more direct route between Cork and Limerick

Cork Harbour Alliance for a Safe Environment says it will now seek to have permission quashed

The Chase resistance group set the template for how to fight a community cause and refused to give up, despite numerous setbacks

They're facing a further High Court battle next month but for now, campaigners are savouring Friday's 'huge win'

Both cities — as well as towns in Kerry, Clare, Limerick, and Tipperary — are set to be revitalised in €1.3bn URDF allocation