Focus of bill is not to refuse 'access to justice', Taoiseach says

Laura McCarthy and her husband moved into their home in Raheen in Limerick in January 2021. She was heavily pregnant at the time, and buying their first home had been “an enormous relief” for the couple, she says.

The planned development comes amid a year-round increase in visitors to west Waterford

Allocation process for case was not random and was affected by ‘bias’, new High Court filings allege

Mast was installed and then taken down when planning consultant pointed out it had been erected in the wrong place, court heard

With just eight years left of the IPCC's predicted 12 years to limit climate catastrophe, Joyce Fegan speaks to the environmental activists planning to make 2023 the year the world pays attention

With the demise of the planning board as we know it, it is hard  to conceive of a more dysfunctional political response to what is needed to restore confidence in our planning system and facilitate the speedy lawful delivery of homes

External reviewers employed by the OPR to conduct the investigation found a backlog of cases and reduced staff morale

Hail to the chiefs. This month saw the first rotation of the role of Taoiseach, 100 years after the Civil War. Daniel McConnell, Elaine Loughlin, Ciara Phelan, and Paul Hosford look back on some of the highlights and lowlights of the year gone by

It now means the work around Morrison’s Island can go ahead

From war to Wagatha Christie, what a year it's been

Long-delayed multi-million upgrade works to an historic Cork City quay, which will also provide flood protection to , should get underway before the end of next year.

Group says it would prefer 'friendly dialogue and compromise' to further legal action but did not rule out such action

Planning body said it only had 'five functioning board members' at present out of the 'standard complement of 10', which is affecting its ability to meet targets

Finance minister says major investment is 'happening at the moment and there is an awful lot more of it to come'

An Bord Pleanála has given permission to Merchants Quay Ireland for the facility for an initial 18 months, after which a review will be undertaken

Housing Minister says there was 'a blurring of the lines between the governance of the board as an entity itself, and the planning decisions'

An Bord Pleanála has given planning approval for the country's first-ever injection centre, to be located in Dublin

Telecommunications firm has lodged an appeal with An Bord Pleanála over council's refusal of planning permission for 24m-high mast on grounds the site is adjacent to homes

An Bord Pleanála last week granted planning permission to operate a medically supervised injecting facility for an 18-month trial period