PLANS for a €80 million 100-bed private hospital in Cork have been shot down.

IT has emerged that it could now take years before a railway station is built in Dunkettle, on the eastern side of Cork city.

A RECEIVER has been appointed to one of Limerick’s largest property companies, the Fordmount Property Group, and its two subsidiaries, which cumulatively has net liabilities in excess of €200 million.

AN BORD Pleanála has resigned itself to writing-off the state’s claim over houses at two Dublin developments because of clerical errors.

SHELL Ireland has received a €90 million cash injection to complete its controversial works to allow gas be taken from the Corrib gas field.

ENERGY giant Shell was hit with a serious setback yesterday after being told by planners to re-route part of the controversial Corrib gas pipeline because it posed a safety risk.

BORD Pleanála has refused a developer permission to build 112 houses in a village, west of Cork city, following South Western Regional Fisheries Board objections.

IARNRÓD Éireann’s plans to build a new commuter railway station on the Cork-Midleton line have been shunted into the sidings by An Bord Pleanála.

The decision by Cork County Council to proceed with a €6 million road upgrade project in Glanmire is shocking and calls into question the council’s priorities and loyalties (Irish Examiner, October 23).

SET out at the far, suburban-end of the Boreenmanna Road, in Cork city, is Corvalley Court – with the rugby playing pitches of Cork Constitution behind, and the GAA pitch at Pairc Uí Rinn (Christy Ring) almost alongside.

GROUPS from different parts of Kerry will today lobby councillors in advance of a debate on a controversial rule about telecommunications masts in the county development plan.

SHELL IRELAND has received an €80m cash injection to complete works to allow gas be taken from the Corrib gas field.

THE viable regeneration of key Cork city sites is being stalled because developers can’t get credit from the banks.

THE Port of Cork hopes to identify a new site for a €200 million deepwater terminal by the end of next month.

THE National Roads Authority (NRA) believes planning permission should be refused for 1,210 houses on the outskirts of Cork City because it would lead to even further traffic congestion at the Jack Lynch Tunnel/Dunkettle interchange.

HOPES were voiced yesterday that there would be no further delays in going ahead with a €500 million natural gas-fired energy project in Tarbert, Co Kerry.

LOBBY group An Taisce has warned there is no justification in building a major motorway in north-west Cork, claiming it could inadvertently cause further flooding in the area.

By Jean Lombard

PLANS for one of the country’s longest and most expensive motorways linking Cork and Limerick will be lodged with An Bord Pleanála today.

ANGRY Cork Harbour residents have accused An Bord Pleanála of being “pro-developer rather than independent” after it gave Indaver’s hazardous waste incinerator a provisional green light, despite the application lacked detail on flooding and coastal erosion prevention.