The “strong odours” allegedly associated with a jarvey business in tourism haven Killarney are making life uncomfortable for neighbouring families.

A local action group near Midleton has lodged an appeal with An Bord Pleanála to try and stop a development of a solar farm outside the east Cork town.

Horse trainers have expressed concern that some stables could go out of business if a proposed solar farm is allowed to be developed at the edge of the Curragh.

While almost €18 million has been announced for road works in Kerry, a row has broken out as the vast bulk of the money has been allocated for improvement works in south and west Kerry.

Plans for a residential development at the Sunday’s Well site of the former Good Shepherd convent in Cork City are likely to be the subject of planning appeals after considerable local objection.

Supports for cancer patients in Cork look set to improve after planning permission was granted for a care centre near one of the city’s busiest hospitals.

Muslims in Galway are to appeal their local council’s rejection of their efforts to retain a controversial mosque. It was operated without planning permission.

US president Donald Trump is facing a further battle in a long-running row with environmentalists over controversial plans to build sea defences to protect his 18-hole golf course in west Clare.

A hotel and local residents have successfully challenged a decision by Dublin City Council to grant planning permission for a large new outlet for a German discount supermarket group.

A decision to refuse planning permission for a large-scale office block in Dublin as it could jeopardise plans for the €4.5bn Dart underground has been branded unreasonable and unnecessary by the developer.

Plans for a solar farm in east Cork are being challenged by residents who claim it will lead to the industrialisation of a rural setting, writes Seán McCárthaigh    

Mid-West Correspondent Jimmy Woulfe tells how the proposed Foynes-Limerick road scheme may, after years of frustration, offer relief of a bypass for the town Adare.

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The Department of Education has been criticised by child abuse survivors for failing to consult them on the possible replacement of a permanent memorial with an exhibition.

A major development could be on the way for a key site in the centre of Waterford City following reports a Saudi Arabian company is preparing to invest €300m in the area.

An Bord Pleanála has a duty to the Irish people that it is not living up to with regards to Indaver’s plans for Cork Harbour, writes Linda Fitzpatrick

The issue of helicopter safety is one of the key reasons behind An Bord Pleanála’s decision to defer, for the fourth time, a decision on whether to give the go-ahead to a controversial incinerator in Co Cork.

The Retail Grocery Dairy and Allied Trades Association (RGDATA) has temporarily put the brakes on German discounters Aldi and Lidl further expanding in Ireland.