AN Bord Pleanála has refused planning permission for a revolving advertising sign at a busy junction in Tralee because it would create a traffic hazard.

THE future of Seán Dunne’s business empire remains uncertain after An Bord Pleanála (ABP) yesterday refused planning permission for the property developer’s high-rise development at the former Jury’s Berkeley Court site in Ballsbridge.

Visionary or misguided, the €1.5bn plans for Ballsbridge are dead in the water, writes Seán McCárthaigh.

PLANS for a private hospital in the grounds of a Limerick hospital face further delays following An Bord Pleanála’s decision to reinstate an appeal originally deemed to be invalid.

A DECISION by An Bord Pleanála to grant planning permission for a cafe on the Great Blasket Island opens the way for the purchase of the island by the Government.

Donal Hickey says erosion threatens the Kerry beach.

THE Friends of St Colman’s Cathedral have accused Cork County Council of packing a conference with speakers who supported the controversial reordering of the cathedral in Cobh.

LIMERICK politicians last night voted through one of the most controversial land zonings outside of Dublin in the face of dire warnings of the legal risk they were taking for themselves and Limerick County Council.

AS residents of the Ballyhoura district in north Cork, my wife and I may be adversely affected by the proposed €1 billion super-highway — the M20 — between Cork and Limerick.

CONSULTANTS at Cork University Hospital (CUH) united yesterday to back controversial plans for a private co-located hospital on the CUH campus.

THE Port of Cork has put in a bid for the former IFI plant at Marino Point, with plans to develop part of it as a national bio-energy centre.

A PRIVATE hospital on the grounds of Ireland’s largest publicly owned hospital campus is not sustainable, groups fighting the controversial project told a public hearing yesterday.

PLANS to locate a private hospital on the grounds of Cork University Hospital (CUH) have been described as dangerous and deluded by the former president of the Irish Medical Organisation, Dr Christine O’Malley.

PROPOSALS to build a €63 million gas pipeline to supply industries in the Cork region have been unveiled at an oral hearing.

RESIDENTS fighting multi-million euro plans to build on the former home of a leading GAA club have raised several concerns just days before a crucial decision by the state’s planning appeals board.

DESPITE reports that work on the building of a €500 million gas terminal on the Shannon Estuary has been delayed for at least a year, the company behind the project yesterday insisted it would go ahead.

RESIDENTS on a Shannon Airport flight path have discovered they were barking up the wrong tree when they objected to planned new dog kennels.

LOCAL councils should not zone land for development which does not have access to public transport and services, the chair of the planning appeals board has warned.

A NEW compost production plant which could create up to 30 jobs in north Tipperary has been given the go-ahead by An Bord Pleanála.

KILLARNEY’S answer to the spectacular viewing platform on the Grand Canyon, in the US, will not affect the livelihoods of traditional jarveys and boatmen, the developers insisted yesterday.