An Bord Pleanala has approved a controversial landfill project at a 66-acre site near Navan in Co Meath.

The Government may forward plans for waste incinerators and landfill sites directly to An Bórd Pleanála in an effort to speed up construction, according to reports this morning.

The Government is expected to announce the location of the new National Children's Hospital at 2.30pm today.

A decision on the location of the new long-awaited National Children’s Hospital is due to be announced today.

A location for the new long-awaited National Children’s Hospital could be revealed as soon as tomorrow after it is discussed by the Cabinet.

The planned National Children's Hospital at St James's Hospital in Dublin is reported to be facing planning difficulties.

An Bord Pleanala has refused a planning application from SIPTU to redevelop Liberty Hall in Dublin.

An Bord Pleanála has granted permission for a crucial 40-acre expansion at Intel in Leixlip, which it is hoped could create thousands of jobs.

Dublin City Council will have to await the outcome of a major legal challenge to its proposed €270m Ringsend scheme to pipe the waste products of about 1.8 million people into the heart of Dublin Bay.

A High Court challenge has been brought against the planning authorities decision to give the go ahead for a retail development in Cork City.

Taoiseach Enda Kenny has today insisted that another independent report into the location of the new National Children's Hospital has not been commissioned.

It has been reported a former Dublin city manager has been approached as part of the process of choosing a site for the National Children's Hospital.

The Taoiseach, Tánaiste and Health Minister have yet to meet to discuss the location of the new National Children's Hospital.

Irish planning authorities have given the go-ahead for a new bridge to be built at Narrow Water between Co Louth and Co Down.

Health Minister Dr James Reilly has been told that he needs to make a decision on where build the new National Children's Hospital.

Mayo County Council has approved plans to construct a terminal for the Corrib gas field project in Bellanaboy, Co Mayo.

An Bórd Pleanála has approved planning permission for a controversial new motorway between the towns of Clonee and Kells in Co Meath.

An Bord Pleanala has approved controversial plans to build up to 10,000 new houses and apartments in the Adamstown area of west Dublin.

The development of up to 10,000 houses and apartments at the Adamstown site in west Dublin has been approved by An Bord Pleanála.

Anti-incinerator campaigners have launched a legal challenge to the decision to grant planning permission for a toxic waste incinerator in Ringaskiddy, Co Cork.