Glossy future beckons for long-vacant former paint and decorating shop and derelict site

There were suggestions at a public meeting that members and clubs in the Waterford Gaelic Football Association were being “treated like second-hand citizens” on a gender-based approach, by a predominantly male council.

Proposed complex would be near a 1,000-apartment development which is to be built at the Live at the Marquee site

The issue is critical as Russia is the EU’s biggest natural gas supplier, accounting for more than 40% of imports

The 114-acre site at Belvelly in Cobh is earmarked it for a multi-million euro redevelopment, primarily to handle bulk cargoes of animal feed and fertilisers

Total outstanding levies to be collected by Cork County Council amount to €183,700.

The planning authority is expected to make a decision on the project on May 26

One councillor said: “We’ve used a lot of the carrot, now we need to use the stick.”

Blarney Castle Estate Partnership contend that the development would detract from the character of the castle and Blarney Town Centre

Details of the preferred route for the new road — it still has not been decided whether it will be a motorway or dual carriageway — have finally been confirmed

County council wants number allowed near the village of Ballinagree reduced from 20 to 16 as locations of four of the turbines could have an impact on the local ecology

Liquified natural gas (LNG) is such a contentious issue within the Green Party that any serious move to allow a terminal be built would be a walking matter 

The group opted to apply for a judicial review following An Bórd Pleanála’s decision to grant permission for a windfarm in the townlands of Curraglass and Derreendonee

A previous plan for the site was rejected amid fears of its impact on the conservation of otters and the water courses in the River Shannon

A Strategic Housing Development application has been lodged with  An Bord Pleanála for 242 houses and 94 duplex units in the townland of Coolcarron

Company said it consulted with former residents of the mother and baby home in advance of submitting the latest applications as it recognised the sensitivities associated with its legacy

An Bord Pleanála rejected appeal by Co Meath resident against  plans to transform a vacant unit at the Ennis Enterprise Centre into a crematorium for family pets

It's a complex relationship. Traffic brings business but also chokes up the busy town on the Cork Limerick border. And, as a local funeral director points out, it has also brought danger

The site owned by Paul Hyde is located beside the refused Hewitts Mills development in Blackpool 

In the second of a week-long series on bypass Ireland, Sean O'Riordan meets the people of Buttevant, who believe the town has missed out on opportunities for a rail link between Cork and Limerick