Cork GAA has defended its decision not to act on Cork City Council's advice to engage in another pre-planning meeting before lodging its unsuccessful planning application for the redevelopment of Páirc Uí Chaoimh.

One challenge claims the permission failed to ensure a system of strict protection for the Kerry slug and Lesser Horseshoe bat in their natural range

Roderic O'Gorman says his priority is to ensure that lands such as Bessborough in Cork city, where over 900 infants born at or associated with the site died, are sensitively treated

The Environment and Climate Action Committee is due to hear from the CRU, the national grid operator Eirgrid and Professor Barry McMullin of Dublin City University on Tuesday

The riverside site was declared derelict three years ago after lying vacant for almost 15 years

The application for planning permission for the plant at Ringaskiddy will now be examined afresh from a certain point in 2017

World industries’demand for power is returning to pre-pandemic levels, while human activity has likewise kicked back into high gear, which is resulting in big price increases for consumers, and a big headache for Government

Details of a second large residential project on the Bessborough estate in Cork have emerged

After previous plans were rejected, developers are now hoping to build 184 apartments and a creche on a different part of the controversial site.

The council claimed the scale of the proposed development is in excess of what is required to meet the needs of the indigenous Irish-speaking population in the area

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