AN ENVIRONMENTAL company that was refused planning for a compost facility in west Waterford has been given the green light by An Bord Pleanála.

MICHAEL MCDOWELL, we were told this week, had depicted himself as the ‘Messiah of Dublin South East’ who had engaged in the “final betrayal”.

STATE agencies can continue to charge people €20 and €45 to object to or make an observation on a planning application, according to an opinion from the European Court in Luxembourg.

PLANS to create Ireland’s first commercial anaerobic waste digester have been turned down by Cork County Council.

THE Government will find out later this week if its controversial introduction of fees for people wanting to lodge planning objections is in breach of EU legislation.

AN estimated €100 million worth of houses are being proposed for Carrigtwohill, which is set to become a major commuter town when the Cork-Midleton railway reopens at the end of next year.

AN Bord Pleanála has refused planning permission for a multi-million euro power station in Cork, much to the delight of local residents.

A MAJOR row has erupted again between the residents of a Dublin square and the owner of a park after it was opened up yesterday as a public car park.

A TOTAL of 33 objections have been lodged with An Bord Pleanála against the decision by Dublin City Council to grant planning permission for the €365 million redevelopment of Lansdowne Road.

AN Bord Pleanála is to hold a second oral hearing on a long-running planning application for a 17-storey tower block in Cork City.

THE Cork engineer who has appealed the decision of Limerick County Council to grant permission for a €100 million private hospital in Adare, yesterday accused the council of withholding information from him.

BOLD moves that could pave the way for a multi-million expansion of Cork’s biggest GAA stadium have begun, it emerged last night.

I WISH to comment on the refusal by An Bord Pleanála to allow a power station to be built at Little Island in Cork harbour.

THE MAYOR of Waterford, Cha O’Neill, has said he is fearful for Waterford’s reputation among developers and investors as it emerged that a college lecturer is making an average of almost one observation, objection or appeal per week against proposed developments in the city.

RESIDENTS of a scenic Ring of Kerry village, who claim they are being ‘overwhelmed’ by holiday homes, have won the backing of An Bord Pleanála.

THE builders may be on holidays, but developers are keeping themselves busy submitting plans for hundreds more homes in County Cork.

BROADCASTER Eamon Dunphy has been censured by broadcasting watchdogs for an on-air tirade against the Health Service Executive (HSE).

LOCAL residents are to fight against the proposed transformation of Lansdowne Road into a 50,000 all-seater stadium granted planning permission by Dublin City Council yesterday.

THE constitutional autonomy of religious orders may have been undermined by An Bord Pleanála’s refusal to allow internal construction work at St Colman’s Cathedral in Cobh, according to the Bishop of Cloyne.

YOUGHAL Town Council says it will not be changing its policy on the protected status of a privately-owned pond in Youghal where Cork infant Glen McNamara-Twomey drowned on Saturday.