The new €50m State funding package for the beleaguered Cork event centre project is facing a High Court legal challenge.

Three separate High Court challenges are being brought against planning permission for 161 apartments and townhouses on part of a GAA grounds in south Dublin.

Bord na Móna workers are protesting in Co Offaly this afternoon, saying the government's failing to deliver good quality replacement jobs under a "just transition" away from fossil fuels.

A decision by An Bord Pleanala to grant planning permission for a proposed electricity generating solar farm in Co Cork has been overturned by the High Court.

Planning permission has been granted for a large solar farm around 1.7km outside Cobh, despite the objections of some local residents.

An elegant, Victorian house in Sunday’s Well with oodles of space has a key ingredient — parking, says Tommy Barker

Planning permission has been granted for a new school in a village in Cork, despite objections from the State body in charge of inland fisheries which claimed it could result in pollution of local rivers.

Plans for a massive €1.25bn redevelopment in Dublin’s O’Connell Street were delayed again today after planners postponed a decision on whether it can go ahead.

An Bord Pleanála is due to begin an oral hearing today into some of the outstanding planning issues related to Shell's controversial Corrib gas project.

Local protestors will today seek a deferral of the oral hearing into the incinerator proposed for Ringaskiddy in Cork.

An Bord Pleanála has granted planning permission for a co-located private hospital on the grounds of Cork University Hospital.

The company responsible for running Cork's ports today reported an increase in turnover for the year 2008 of 5.5% to €26.3m, with pre-tax profits of €4.1m.

The ESB should start developing local power in Connemara rather than littering it with pylons, it was claimed today.

The local authorities have given approval for a planned €2bn town-centre development in Bray, Co Wicklow.

Planning corruption in the 1980s and 1990s has left hundreds of thousands of victims in its wake, it was claimed today.

Plans by Westlife star Shane Filan to build a nursing home in Sligo have been given the green light.

Plans for a controversial new superdump in north Dublin were today given the green light.

A controversial scheme to fill in 50 acres of Dublin Bay for a port expansion was rejected by planners today over environmental concerns.

Dublin Chamber of Commerce has today welcomed Government plans to invest billions in the city's transport network, but warned that construction involved could cause widespread disruption.

An Bord Pleanála has given the green light for a new women's and children's hospital in Dublin.