A waste management firm has been told to cover the costs incurred by a group opposed to its incineration plans after the High Court ruled its behaviour during a legal action amounted to abuse of process.

It is hoped up to 4,000 jobs will be secured after An Bord Pleanála last night granted permission to four healthcare companies to build €30m wind turbines in Cork Harbour.

Golfer Christy O’Connor Jr has brought a High Court challenge over a dispute about planning permission he obtained for three houses on family land.

The controversial building of a new school on playing fields on Cork’s northside is to go ahead as part of next year’s €370m schools capital programme.

The planning appeals board and an environmental lobby group are to pursue waste management firm, Indaver Ireland, for costs today after it withdrew an application for a judicial review of a refusal by An Bord Pleanála to grant permission for its twin incinerator project in Cork.

A decision to grant planning permission for a scaled-down €41m retail project on a site designated as an area of “high landscape value” straddling the Cork city and county boundary has been appealed to An Bord Pleanála.

An Bord Pleanála has given the green light for a €50m events and conference centre in Cork City.

Two Cork landowners have mounted a High Court challenge against a decision of the authorities to grant planning permission for a windfarm near their home.

John O’Connor’s vision of a premier golf course paid off, says Dan Buckley

A site near Dublin Airport has been chosen for a sewage treatment plant, but campaigners have vowed to continue their fight against the proposed facility.

Ikea has grown into a global brand by tapping into customers’ fondness for DIY and, as its founder Ingvar Kamprad quits the board, the flatpack giant is looking to carve out an even bigger slice of the market, writes Kyran FitzGerald

Good news for shopaholics — the Kildare Village outlet centre is to almost double in size, creating 380 full-time jobs.

Bord Pleanála has granted permission for the restoration and refurbishment of what is said to be the longest continuous place of religious worship in Cork City.

The former landmark Ard Rí hotel and grounds in Waterford city, bought for a reported €15m in 2006 for a proposed €400m mixed use development, has been put on the market for €750,000.

Heritage body An Taisce is to appeal plans for a public car park on a Killarney town section of the Ring of Kerry.

The green light has been given for a combined heat and power plant (CHP) which is expected to create up to 35 full-time jobs in north Kerry when it becomes operational.

Minister Jimmy Deenihan’s decision to refuse to consent to development within the protected boundary of the 1916 National Monument, Moore Street/Moore Lane raises serious planning issues that need to be addressed in the public interest before consideration is given to any new application to develop this historic area.

Plans for a multimillion euro 40km bypass of one of the worst bottlenecks on the main Cork to Kerry road have taken a major step forward.

The proposed creation of a new road through the historic heart of Kilkenny city will bring increased traffic through the area and will sever the ‘Medieval Mile’ which links Kilkenny Castle with St Canice’s Cathedral.