An Bord Pleanála has rejected an application by a wind energy company to grant it leave to apply for “substitute consent” to enable eight turbines that have been operating beyond their planning remit in Waterford to remain in operation.

Plans for new vehicular access point and expanded parking facilities at a school in Cloyne, Co Cork, have been approved despite objections from a number of local residents.

The plans have been lodged with An Bord Pleanála, which is due to make a decision on whether to grant permission in 16 weeks.

The appeals board approved the apartment plan in spite of the strong recommendation by its own inspector to refuse planning.

A property development firm has obtained a High Court order blocking an objection against its plans for 60 new houses near Blarney from being considered by An Bord Pleanála.

A revised general scheme of the Marine Planning and Development Management Bill 2019 has been approved, according to a government spokesperson.

One of Ireland’s best-known broadcasters, Newstalk's Pat Kenny and his wife, Kathy, have lost out in their battle against plans for apartment and housing development on a site adjacent to their Dalkey home.

Dublin City Council is to reassess plans for two further pedestrian days at College Green.

Traders in Dublin city centre will have to pay €630 a year to use sandwich boards to promote their business.

A city rising, in places, but crumbling to the point of collapse in others.

Dublin City Council is putting on a range of family-friendly events in the area from midday.

Housing Minister Eoghan Murphy has defended his divisive co-living housing plan by claiming critics do not understand the policy and that the buildings are like "very trendy boutique hotels".

A Green MEP has said someone should lose their job if they do not increase the number of people using public transport to head to Croke Park.

Compass Homes Ltd was granted permission by the local authority last February, with 48 conditions, for the project at Coolfadda, which is 1.4 km to the west of Bandon town centre.

The future of a popular entertainment venue at Killarney Racecourse is under threat after it was refused retention planning permission by Kerry Co Council.

Plans for more than 1,300 homes have been lodged with An Bord Pleanála.

Broadcaster, Pat Kenny has confirmed he is to provide financial support to a local residents' initiative in Dalkey seeking to challenge in the High Court a decision giving planning permission to a mixed use development for Bulloch Harbour.

The Government is facing calls to change laws to ban co-living units and stop them becoming "the norm" after a divisive "box apartment" development with rents of up to €1,300 a month was given the green light.

An Bord Pleanála has consented before the High Court to an order quashing its permission for construction of a thermoplastic compounds production facility in Skibbereen, Co Cork.

Campaigners against a proposed plastics factory in Skibbereen have hailed a High Court ruling that the issue be returned to An Bord Pleanála for consideration and a possible Natura Impact Statement.