Dublin City Council has given the green light to developer, Harry Crosbie for a new eight storey 185 bedroom hotel at Vicar Street in the Dublin Liberties in spite of some local opposition.

There is a groundswell of opposition to the factory plan in Skibbereen, writes Noel Baker.

Cork County Council is to seek a meeting with Minister Eoghan Murphy amid fears that rural areas could be overrun with new homes after Bord Pleanála asked developers to increase densities.

Oscar-winning actor Jeremy Irons has weighed into the campaign against a plastics factory in Skibbereen, calling the plan a “hopeless misjudgement” and vowing to fight it.

Will Waterford City and County Council really initiate enforcement proceedings against a wind farm in breach of planning laws?

Plans for around 300 new homes in Carrigtwohill have been rejected because of the “substandard form” of the proposed development even after a revised plan to address concerns was submitted by the developer.

Tommy Barker finds new scheme in the Mahon/Skehard area is a well-priced 2019 new homes suburban Cork development

A controversial wind farm faces being dismantled after a ruling from An Bord Pleanála that it didn’t have planning permission.

Worrying turn of events for local residents.

The owners of a prime riverside site in Cork have been given three months to deal with a vast rubble mound left following the demolition of a landmark office block.

An alleged bogus objector succeeded in delaying improvements at a telecoms tower in Ballsbridge in Dublin for almost six months.

Plans for a large budget hotel in Cork city centre have been put on hold following an objection by a local resident.

The action arises from a decision by the planning authority last November to deem that the change of use of the permitted nursing home to a residential drug rehabilitation facility was not an exempted development.

An Taisce and environmentalist Peter Sweetman have been refused permission to appeal An Bord Pleanála's decision that it could not legally accept their submissions on an application for permission to apply for substitute consent for an unauthorised quarry in Co Kildare.

Despite our housing crisis, politicians seem all too ready to object to developments.

Plans for a large housing development in Cobh have suffered a major setback after An Bord Pleanála refused planning permission for over 300 homes around 1.5km outside the East Cork town.

It the latest large-scale docklands project sanctioned by planners. Others have been appealed to An Bord Pleanála.

Members of a small Baptist church in west Clare will have to seek a new place of worship after being refused planning permission to use a shed attached to a residential home to assemble for prayer.

A UCC economist has warned that objections to car traffic should not stand in the way of major housing developments.

That Tipperary have only one league win from three outings is not a concern for Liam Sheedy.