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.

More than 1,500 people walked through the cold and rain at the weekend to protest against a proposed Eirgrid network of pylons designated for the area around the Comeragh Mountains.

Plans are being advanced for the creation of a €200m motorway joining Ringaskiddy in east Cork with the Jack Lynch Tunnel, because the EU designated the project as vital infrastructure.

A Limerick man appeared in court charged in connection with a burglary at the lakeside mansion owned by the son of Euromillions winner, Dolores McNamara.

Communications Minister Pat Rabbitte was accused of “interfering” with a committee’s work after TDs backed down from opposing the appointment of the new chairman of Eirgrid.

The Government has paid €150,000 plus VAT on outside consultants in relation to plans to erect a €500m electric pylon corridor from Kildare to Cork, via Wexford.

If the Government hoped to avert controversy over the relentless march of giant electricity pylons across the country, the appointment of ex-Bord Pleanála chairman John O’Connor as head of Eirgrid, amounts to another self-inflicted public relations disaster for the Coalition.

A Chinese restaurant can remain open in a popular seaside resort until 3am, An Bord Pleanála has ruled.

Despite serious setbacks in the planning process, there are still hopes of developing cycle lanes along one of the country’s most scenic tourist routes.

An East Cork town council intends amending its Town Development Plan to facilitate a planning application for a major retail development.