Dunnes Stores has won a High Court order halting moves to place a closed shopping centre building in Limerick city centre on an official register for vacant sites

Clare County Council has put on hold plans for a €40m development at the Trump Doonbeg golf resort in west Clare.

The plan to build an eight storey apartment complex on Griffith Avenue, Dublin is raising some concerns.

Campaigners opposed to a plastics factory for the West Cork town of Skibbereen have been granted an application for a judicial review of the decision to allow it to proceed.

Lessons will be learned from the traffic management of the Liam Miller tribute match, according to gardaí, following complaints about delays and the public transport provided for Tuesday’s sell-out event at Páirc Uí Chaoimh.

A decision on the granting of a controversial license to Irish Cement, which would allow the company to burn alternative fuels, including used tyres, has been delayed due to a long list of objections from the public.

Work is nearing completion on the €8m clean-up of part of a Cork harbour island once used by Irish Steel/Irish Ispat and which will be opened as a public recreation area next year.

When people consider planning laws and planning permission, they normally associate it with building residential houses and commercial buildings.

A High Court judge has ordered that a dispute over redevelopment works at the Ormond Hotel in Dublin be case managed before a trial date can be given.

Judgement has been reserved at the Supreme Court on an appeal over whether An Bord Pleanála breached its obligations in how it approved the first phase of tech giant Apple’s planned €850m data centre in Co Galway.

The law was “radically misapplied” by An Bord Pleanála in the way it granted permission for the first phase of tech giant Apple’s planned €850m data centre in Athenry, Co Galway, the Supreme Court has heard.

Land sales may be down in number, but they were up in value for 2018, writes Denis O’Donoghue.

Plans by Dublin City Council to pedestrianise part of College Green in Dublin would be more likely to receive support if they carry out a trial of their proposals.

An application to build the Dublin Metrolink rail line is unlikely to be made until 2020.

Approval has been given for the controversial move to convert a former pub near the centre of Mitchelstown into an amusement arcade, despite strong opposition in the north Cork town.

Further calls have been made to amend Waterford’s county development plan to exclude wind turbines in an area where 300 homes could be impacted by them.

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.