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.

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.

Rulings in favour of people who disregard the vital, democratic, planning process send a worrying message, writes Mary Crowley.

Two Magdalene orders which have refused to contribute to the laundry redress scheme are one step closer to multi-million euro windfalls thanks to a land zoning change.

An events centre in the heart of Cork City could play a major role in any strategy to revive the city centre, a planning expert has said.

American billionaire and new owner of Doonbeg golf club, Donald Trump, may not have left his wind farm troubles behind in Scotland.

Construction work on the long-delayed new national children’s hospital will finally start early next year — provided the project overcomes an expected An Bord Pleanála grilling this autumn.

The Corrib Gas partners are now counting the

A residents’ group has brought a legal challenge aimed at overturning Bord Pleanála’s grant of planning permission for a development of several wind turbines near their homes in Co Cork.

Entrepreneur Jay Bourke said yesterday that he is delighted with the performance of his Market Bar, with figures showing that the business recorded pre-tax profits of €407,372 in 2012.