A Kerry couple have won a High Court challenge over the use of a laneway beside their home which has been at the centre of a long running row over access to a scenic lake.

The plans were opposed widely in the local community and subject to a comprehensive objection from the Howth Sutton Community Council.

Green light given for eight-story apartment block apartment plan in spite of Dublin TDs' opposition.

A proposal for almost 240 new homes in Cobh has been approved by An Bord Pleanála.

A Waterford architect has pointed to a ‘chicken and egg’ situation within rural planning guidelines which is causing applications for local housing schemes to be rejected.

The developer behind plans to build student apartments overlooking the Lough in Cork city has applied to An Bord Pleanála to further increase the size of the development.

An environmental group has lost its Supreme Court appeal over An Bord Pleanála's refusal to decide whether peat extraction works on some 410 acres in Co Westmeath require planning permission.

The developers of a new housing and apartment complex in Limerick may have to make special arrangements to accommodate a single, roosting, pipistrelle bat.

Former Fine Gael TD, Mary Mitchell O’Connor added her voice behind the bid to stop the development from proceeding.

Cork City Council has issued a tender document calling for a design and delivery team for the €5 million re-development of the Monahan Road.

Klaus Balz and Hanna Heubach brought the judicial review challenge over their concerns about the impact of the proposed 11-turbine development by Cleanrath Wind Farm Ltd close to their home at Bear na Gaoithe, where they operate a horticultural business.

The Dublin Cycling Campaign has secured leave for judicial review of a decision granting permission for 761 build to rent apartments at the rear of Dublin's Connolly Station.

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has been asked not to allow the plans for a liquefied natural gas terminal on the Shannon Estuary in Kerry to form part of the discussions for the programme for Government with the Greens.

The appeals board has granted planning permission to Cork company, Longview Estates Ltd

Plans for a five-storey hotel to replace a prominent petrol station on Muckross Rd — Killarney’s ‘Golden Mile’ — have been turned down by An Bord Pleanála.

Plans to revamp the former Moore’s Hotel in Cork city have been hit with a delay.

The TD Michael Healy Rae has been refused permission for the conversion of the ground floor of a pub in Tralee to rental apartments.

An Bórd Pleanála has approved a €6m public realm upgrade of historic Cork city quays which includes flood defences, saying it will deliver significant benefits for the city.

A leading Munster-based hotel group is to try and reverse a decision that halted its plans for a €50m five-star facility that would mark its entry into the Dublin market.

Political and education leaders in east Cork have urged the Government to follow through on a long-mooted secondary school campus for Carrigtwohill after the state planning board gave it the green light.