An appeal against planning permission being granted for a new caravan park near the Old Head of Kinsale has been thrown out for not being made by a “bona fide” person.

Waterford County Board chairman Paddy Joe Ryan says Walsh Park “was the only game in town” for redevelopment within the county but warns refurbishment costs cannot be allowed to “paralyse the county board”.

Plans for the construction of more than 170 homes on the outskirts of Midleton, Co Cork, by one of the country’s largest housebuilders, have been refused planning permission.

A challenge to planning permission for a new Aldi supermarket in Laytown, Co Meath, has been dismissed by the High Court.

More than 7,000 houses and almost 4,500 student beds were approved under the fast-track planning scheme introduced by the government in July 2017.

27 housing developments were granted planning permission by An Bord Pleanála by the end of 2018, according to its 2018 casework review.

The Supreme Court has dismissed an appeal over An Bord Pleanála’s approval for the planned 138-kilometre north-south electricity interconnector.

Plans have been approved to extend the tourist shop at the entrance to Blarney Castle in Cork, despite an objection over concern for the safety of visitors.

Campaigners opposing a large solar farm planned in West Cork have called on the Government and local authorities to introduce legislation and guidelines to control and regulate the development of such projects around the country.

A county councillor is attempting to block the development of several new office blocks at Little Island in Cork amid concern it would create further traffic congestion.

Many people will celebrate the new year tonight, but others in rural communities are living in a state of anxiety about what 2019 will bring.

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.

Plans to build a new plastics factory in Skibbereen in Cork is facing fierce opposed from local campaigners.