The Minister for Energy and Natural Resources Pat Rabbitte is to be told by a county council that Eirgrid’s plans for a major overhead powerline will be a blight on the landscape and may lead to serious health and economic implications.

ON Nov 27 I got a very sad phonecall from Bernadette Fahy and a text from Paddy Doyle.Both Bernadette and Paddy are amazing people who are survivors of institutional abuse.

The chairman designate of Eirgrid, the national power grid operator, has admitted that he would not like to live near electricity pylons.

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.

The builder who is erecting a stone wall to give Kian Egan privacy at his home has joked that he wish he knew how rich the ex-Westlife singer was before he priced the job.

More than 150 scouts are set to benefit from an unusual joint venture collaboration with a German discount supermarket chain.

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.

ONE of the more interesting innovations in Irish tourism in recent years has been the development of abandoned railway lines as greenways for cyclists and walkers, helping to make ecotourism a key niche market.

An Bord Pleanála has rejected its own inspector’s recommendation and also overturned a town council decision to approve planning for a proposed Lidl supermarket in Clonakilty, Co Cork.

Ringaskiddy is to be opened up for major industrial investment after it was confirmed that plans to build a new motorway into it have been reactivated.

Plans for new commuter railway stations in Cork have reached “the end of the line” due to a lack of funding and the rejection of the county council’s plan to build a new town at Monard, near Blarney.

A 13-hectare public park in Cork Harbour, with a 3km circuit for walking and running, forms part of a €40m clean-up plan for one of the State’s worst environmental disaster zones.