ENVIRONMENT Minister John Gormley has denied trying to influence decisions on controversial incinerator projects by announcing plans to make incineration less profitable for waste companies.

PASSENGERS travelling through Dublin Airport can expect a better experience with the opening a €120 million facility on Sunday.

A PLAN to provide nearly 500 free bikes across Dublin in exchange for more than 100 outdoor advertisement spaces met with opposition yesterday.

ONE of Kerry’s popular beach areas has become “like Mondello Park” since a caravan park there was last year shut down by Kerry County Council, it was claimed yesterday.

RYANAIR has applied for a judicial review of An Bord Pleanála’s decision upholding planning permission for the Dublin Airport Authority’s new terminal, T2.

THE screw tightened on Aer Lingus yesterday over its proposed Shannon/Heathrow service shutdown with a second senior Cabinet minister adding his voice to the growing opposition.

CHAMPAGNE corks were popping in Ballydoyle stables last night and across the wider Golden Vale as campaigners celebrated the decision by South Tipperary County Council to refuse planning permission for a controversial animal waste plant.

A PLAN by RTÉ to build a 24-metre mast in a scenic part of the Dingle Peninsula has been rejected on the grounds it would interfere with the natural beauty of the area.

AN POST is leading a group of objectors appealing a €750 million redevelopment plan by Arnotts city centre department store.

CIÉ confirmed yesterday that its stalled multi-million-euro plans to regenerate and expand Cork’s dated Kent railway station are back on track.

THE decision by An Bord Pleanála to approve the National Roads Authority’s (NRA) plans to excavate and build over the national monument on the M3 motorway route is likely to be challenged in the High Court.

YOU report (August 18) how the housing plan for the old Nemo Rangers’ grounds was blocked by An Bord Pleanála after getting planning permission from Cork City Council.

NEWLY discovered 2,000-year-old ruins at the ancient Hill of Tara site must be fully preserved because of their unique size and character, according to a US academic.

A FEAR that damage might be caused to an important spawning river in Kerry was one of the reasons given by An Bord Pleanála for turning down a planning application for a multi-million euro development, it emerged at the weekend.

A PLANNING decision on a multi-million-euro revamp of one of Dublin city centre’s busy shopping areas has been delayed.

A COMMUNITY group has reacted angrily to an announcement that Indaver Ireland is seeking planning permission for a €130 million incinerator for household and commercial waste.

OPPONENTS of a planned five-storey hotel in Cashel on a site previously earmarked for a town park are holding a public meeting tonight in a bid to step up their campaign.

ONE OF the promoters of a proposed animal by-products processing plant in south Tipperary said he was confident that the facility would get enough raw materials to function.

TOO many one-off rural houses are getting planning permission on sites unable to deal with the sewage that would be generated by the occupants, the country’s leading planning officials have warned.

RECORD numbers of planning disputes are causing growing delays in decisions on contentious developments.