Hundreds of planning applications lodged since August 6 may be deemed invalid due to confusion over new housing department rules

For decades, governments enriched landowners through rezoning while failing to deliver a fair, functioning planning system

Veteran architect Tony Reddy warns Ireland’s outdated planning system risks derailing housing delivery, infrastructure, and investment unless urgent reforms are made

“We should be at 60,000 units plus, but we’re down at the 30,000s, plus or minus. We have a problem that is spiralling out of control.”

Positive prospects promised at Passage West's Mount Prospect period home and grounds

Joint venture of Sacyr Ireland and Wills Bros scheduled for completion by August 2030 

Nearly 25 years ago waste management comapany Indaver applied for planning permission a hazardous and non-hazardous waste incinerator at Ringaskiddy, County Cork.  This was refused permission by Cork County Council and then appealed to An Bórd Pleanála. There was considerable opposition including from environmental campaign group Chase. Oral hearings and court proceedings ensued and permission was eventually refused. This application has now been reactivated. We put some questions to CHASE...

The golf complex attracts 20,000 visitors annually with 50% originating from the US and 80% from overseas

An Coimisiún Pleanála has upheld planning permission for 19 new apartments opposite Kent Station, rejecting a local appeal over heritage and design concerns

Rather than castigating public-spirited ordinary people concerned by planning problems, the Government should focus on properly resourcing the planning and legal systems 

The commission found that the developer, Eoin Sheehan, had also provided inadequate justification for the type of housing mix proposed

A proposed Ballincollig gaming arcade has sparked intense local resistance, raising fears about problem gambling, community impact and planning oversight

I would encourage anyone interested in the rejection of the plan for an incinerator in Cork Harbour to make a submission to An Coimisiún Pleanála before the deadline of Monday, November 17, writes Labour Party senator from Cork, Laura Harmon

Friends of the Irish Environment says the Government is creating further delays by failing to speed up appointments

Kilkenny couple Peter and Doreen Thomson have also shown that, in the Government’s current attempts to stifle access to review of questionable decisions made by State actors, we are heading down a very poorly-lit path.

An Coimisiún Pleanála told Peter Thomson, who had initially objected to the construction of a telecommunications mast adjacent to his home, that it would no longer be opposing the quashing of the original decision made by its former deputy chair Paul Hyde

Cork GAA allocates €1.75m to a long-awaited centre of excellence while senior figures warn finances remain under significant pressure

It’s 16 years since club delegates in Cork were told such a hub was a priority.

An Coimisiún Pleanála said it could not be satisfied beyond reasonable scientific doubt that the proposed development would not have a significant adverse effect on Greylag Geese — a protected species found in the adjoining Poulaphouca Reservoir Special Protection Area

Part of an ongoing €750m development, expected to ultimately deliver more than 1,200 homes.