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.

A farmer’s legal challenge to a decision of An Bord Pleanala giving the go-ahead to Intel Ireland's €3.76bn expansion of its Co Kildare plant is to be heard in the fast track Commercial Court.

The developers of a major student apartment scheme in Cork city centre are aiming to have the new complex operating by September 2022.

The Dursey Island cable car. The €10 million redevelopment of the Dursey Island cable car has hit a roadblock over fears about the impact of the project on nesting birds on the island.

Cork City Council planners are due to make a decision in the coming week on the plan, which was lodged by International Investment ICAV.

German-based Innogy SE, in partnership with Dublin-based Highfield Energy, plans to construct 25 turbines, 150 metres high on a 3,500 acre site in an area known as Lyrenacarriga.

Opponents of a controversial new visitor centre proposed for the Dublin Mountains have challenged claims by its promoters that it will have no adverse impact on protected habitats and wildlife in the area.

Amid speculation of cuts to the €116bn earmarked for capital projects in the National Development Plan, Fianna Fáil wants to ensure the proposed €450m road network plan for Foynes Port, including a by-pass at Adare, moves ahead.

Local authorities are coming under increasing pressure to crackdown on land hoarding.

Plans for 123 new apartments in the Cork suburb of Ballincollig have been lodged with An Bord Pleanála.

Gale force winds toppled a large industrial chimney in a residential area of Galway city on Friday morning.

Plans for a near €40m RDS-style exhibition centre on the outskirts of Cork city have been shot down to protect the 'greenbelt' and to protect any attempts to deliver similar facilities in the city.

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.