Donal Hickey says local warnings should be heeded

A LOCAL authority has been accused by An Bord Pleanála of putting major road developments at risk.

PEOPLE living in one of the worst affected areas of the Newcastle West floods are calling on Limerick County Council to review a decision to grant planning permission for a leading housing development for lands that were flooded.

SUPPORTERS of a controversial high-rise development in Ballsbridge claim there is no planning justification for refusing the 37-storey building proposed by property developer Seán Dunne.

FRANCIE KELLY’S shebeen in Southill has cast planners at Limerick City Council into a legal minefield.

A DECISION on the future of a proposed €280m development for Waterford city is expected before the end of the year.

A SENIOR Kerry County Council engineer yesterday rejected a claim of “collusion” between the council and the promoters of a planned cafe on the Great Blasket Island.

PLANS for one of the state’s biggest co-located hospitals suffered a setback last night.

In our continuing series where readers get to grill senior politicians on issues of the day, the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources, Eamon Ryan, jumps into the hot seat.

A YOUNG father has slated the planning process after Bórd Pleanala over-ruled one of its senior inspectors and rejected a simple house extension.

A LONG-AWAITED €8m pier planned for Cromane, Co Kerry, is in the hands of An Bord Pleanála.

A CIRCUIT court judge described a planning dispute between two brothers as “one of the more upsetting cases” he has ever had to deal with.

A LOCAL authority has laid down strict conditions after granting planning permission to a property developer for a helicopter pad near his home.

WHILE all those involved in the Killala community wind farm project in Co Mayo may be disappointed by the decision of An Bórd Pleanála to refuse permission, perhaps some day the residents there will realise what a lucky escape they have had.

BONO has received approval for a €150 million remodelling of his Dublin hotel that will triple the property’s size and top it with a panoramic glass bar.

DROGHEDA UNITED’S plans to build a new stadium in Co Meath suffered a planning setback last night.

LONG-RUNNING plans to provide a cafe and other services on Great Blasket island will be the subject of a Bord Pleanála hearing in Dingle next month.

SERIAL objectors to planning applications in Waterford have been urged to look at the bigger picture as the city faces a downturn in construction.

CHAMPION trainer Aidan O’Brien has welcomed An Bord Pleanála’s refusal of planning permission for an animal waste processing facility in south Tipperary.

A TORTUOUS saga surrounding Government plans to buy the Great Blasket Island is set to continue even further, it emerged at the weekend.