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.

Planning has been granted by An Bord Pleanála for a proposed Tesco Express and a Doc Morris pharmacy on the main Douglas Road in Cork city, by St Finbarr’s Hospital.

The US government wants to erect a new defence perimeter at its Dublin embassy — including a barrier almost 3m high and an outer cordon of 1m-high steel bollards — to protect staff from any likely terrorist attack.

A planning application to transform the State’s largest toxic waste dump into vast public parkland as part of a €40m clean-up is due to be lodged within weeks.

The Government is to provide a €10m stimulus package to secure the development of a conference and events centre in Cork City.

Cork’s city councillors voted last night against giving a developer the right of way over a public green to facilitate access to a site for a housing development.

A building to provide extra classrooms at a southside Cork girls’ secondary school has been refused planning permission by An Bord Pleanála.

It has been a derelict eyesore at the western gateway to Cork City for almost a decade.

Cork County Council is to consult with the Department of the Environment in an effort to resuscitate plans for a 5,000-house town after An Bord Pleanála refused permission for it.

Cork County Councils’s grand plan to develop a new town near Blarney has been rejected by An Bord Pleanála.

Nama has installed receivers to take control of a suite of companies run by a publicity-shy property investor once regarded one of the country’s most ambitious boom-time speculators.

A parish priest is among those disappointed over the refusal of planning permission for the first privately operated graveyard in Cork.

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

Plans to include cycle-ways in upgrades to tourist routes along the west and south coasts could be in jeopardy following An Bord Pleanála’s rejection of a €65m development on the Dingle Peninsula.

Plans to develop a nationwide network of rural cycling lanes on secondary roads have been put in jeopardy by An Bord Pleanála.

IF throwing a stone in water sends out ripples, then a powerful RIB 12-passenger ferry can send out strong waves and positive vibes which may yet wash up on fertile shores for waterside work commuters.

Nearly €100m was spent last year cleaning up toxic and unauthorised waste dumps in Ireland, more than half of which went towards making a former steel plant safe.

Adare village is set to continue as a major traffic snag on the Limerick/South West N21 route with confirmation that the National Roads Authority (NRA) has shot down a request by Limerick County Council to activate a third bypass plan.