When the incinerator proposed for Cork Harbour in 2001 was granted planning permission by An Bord Pleanála (ABP) last week it raised many questions, some deeply troubling, about the transparency of our planning process.

Donations are pouring in to help fund a possible legal challenge to the controversial decision to grant planning for a €160m incinerator in Cork Harbour.

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A legal challenge against the granting of planning permission to a proposed controversial €160m incinerator at Ringaskiddy in Cork Harbour will not be heard in the High Court until next year.

Campaigners opposed to a new motorway in Cork say they have raised thousands of euro towards a legal challenge against the road but that more donations will be required to meet the costs of the action.

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A group opposing plans to upgrade the M28 Ringaskiddy to Cork motorway have said there are "strong grounds" for seeking a judicial review.

Planning permission has been granted for two large solar farms in east Cork despite objections from local residents and community groups.

Developer Johnny Ronan’s plans to go underground at one of Dublin’s best known Georgian Squares have fallen foul of An Bord Pleanála planners.

A Cork rugby club has lost an appeal to An Bord Pleanála against McDonald's over a dividing wall between their two properties.

An Bord Pleanála has told the High Court it made an error in its decision granting planning permission for a development of 500 housing units in north Dublin.

A whole new development focus has sprung into life just west of Cork city, where a 15.9 acre landbank offer on the N40 will test developers’ and end-users appetite for prime land.

Campaigners against a proposed controversial €160 million incinerator for Cork Harbour today got permission from the High Court to mount a legal challenge to the proposed plant.

Accumulated profits at the main firm owned by rugby legend Brian O’Driscoll last year almost topped the €6m mark.

Objectors to a €220m Cork motorway that has received approval from An Bord Pleanála have said they will consider their options in the coming days — including potential court action — to prevent the development from going ahead.

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A major new motorway project in Cork has been approved by An Bord Pleanála.

Supermac’s owner Pat McDonagh has restarted plans to put in place a €10m forecourt plaza on the Limerick to Galway motorway.

Latest: An application for a judicial review against An Bord Pleanála’s decision to approve the building of a waste incinerator at Ringaskiddy will be heard next Tuesday.