The Irish Hotels Federation is attempting to block a large student accommodation facility in Cork being rented out on a short-term basis to tourists.

A community group has launched a High Court challenge aimed at overturning a decision of An Bord Pleanála to grant planning permission for a development at a South County Dublin fishing harbour.

Residents in a rural part of north Kerry have become involved in a planning row with a leading building materials firm over plans for a new asphalt factory near their homes.

Ambulances are called to accidents on the Cork-Limerick road roughly once every week on average, according to HSE figures.

The barrister representing 25 landowners opposed to the compulsory purchase of their lands for a greenway in south Kerry has told the An Bord Pleanála hearing the board will be acting contrary to a 2014 European Directive and to Irish law if it does not grant an adjournment.

Fast-tracked student accommodation in Limerick has been refused planning following an appeal to An Bord Pleanála due to affect the multi-million euro development might have had on the River Shannon's water quality.

Unknown people are filing fake planning application appeals from individuals "who don't exist" in order to block new developments in parts of the country, a TD has claimed.

The government is considering new measures in the budget to inject “adrenaline” into the apartment building sector in a bid to boost housing supply.

Minister for Housing Eoghan Murphy has dismissed a “lazy assumption” that the Government is “ideologically opposed to social and affordable housing”.

Irish Water has defended its record in handling wastewater in the face of stinging criticism from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

An Bord Pleanála has approved plans for a €500 million sewage treatment plant in Dublin.

Planning was granted for almost 17,000 new homes under the government’s fast-track planning scheme in 2019, an increase of almost 10,000 on the previous year.

Communities around the country have taken on potential developments, writes Michael Clifford

Plans for a 198-unit, build-to-rent, shared living development in Castleknock, Dublin, have been challenged in the High Court.

A plan for new offices for the Israeli Embassy in Dublin is at the centre of a planning dispute, the High Court has heard.

A decade-long lack of investment in major roads projects has caused a major traffic jam in Cork — literally and figuratively.

Carrying a similar-sounding name to a top address on the Monopoly board is Cork’s Aylesbury, which is not entirely coincidentally set next to Cork’s Shrewsbury. And, yes, this Aylesbury “with a ‘y’” too is high-end in terms of location, quality and ...pricing.

An Bord Pleanála has approved the project, which includes a 14-storey building at Bank Place, featuring some 13,000 sq m of office space.

A rural community in Co Cork is set to hold a protest on Sunday against Eirgrid plans to build a major electricity converter station in its midst.

Plans for a new hostel in a former tourist office in the heart of Cork city have been appealed to An Bórd Pleanala.