Sinn Féin leader Gerry Adams has questioned senior appointments made by Environment Minister Phil Hogan, claiming they represent a conflict of interest.

The proposed extension of facilities at the Bon Secours Hospital in Cork city has been approved.

Environment Minister Phil Hogan’s expected nomination as Ireland’s EU commissioner in Brussels has been questioned after a number of controversial appointments he made to State bodies.

CORK harbour and port amenity with a deep water jetty at Marino Point is to be sold after a ‘Best Bids’ process in October, with a price expectation of up to €7m indicated.

An Bord Pleanála has rejected an application to build a new 170-bedroom hotel in Dublin city centre.

Councillors in Kerry have voted to defy national guidelines on planning by permitting access to housing alongside a number of busy national roadways.

Objectors to a controversial windfarm proposal in north Kerry are stepping up their campaign in advance of a deadline for planning submissions.

A former League of Ireland football ground is in line to become an office and commercial development, if a recent application to Cork County Council succeeds.

The coming on stream of the long delayed €3.4 billion Corrib gas project has moved a step closer with tests confirming that all five Corrib wells are now ready to flow.

A perceived risk to the recently introduced white-tailed sea eagle is one of the main reasons by An Board Pleanála for turning down a proposed nine-turbine windfarm in theKerry-Cork border area near Kilgarvan.

Cork City Council has given the go-ahead for further developments at Apple’s facility on the city’s north side, at Hollyhill.

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A legal challenge has been launched against An Bord Pleanála’s decision to grant planning permission for an electricity generating windfarm in Co Tipperary.

Recently appointed Transport Minister Paschal Donohoe is being lobbied to get work started on building the long-awaited Macroom town bypass.

The long-running national children’s hospital plan risks being delayed yet again, after it emerged the chosen site for the building is on the grounds of an ancient mass paupers’ grave.

The recent decision of Cork City Council to allow a previously-permitted development change from retail to mostly office use has been referred to An Bord Pleanála.

Waterford City and County Council has refused planning permission for a windfarm project close to Dungarvan.

We call on the Government to review Irish energy policy in light of recent changes in renewable power technologies. 

The GAA is to provide free cardiac screening to teenagers living near Páirc Uí Chaoimh in Cork city as part of an agreement secured over a planned €70m redevelopment of the stadium.

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