Objectors to a €220m Cork motorway that has received approval from An Bord Pleanála say they will consider their options in the coming days — including potential court action — to prevent the development from going ahead.

Cork County Council said it will now consider the next steps with a view to ensuring that it can progress to construction on the €220m Cork-Ringaskiddy motorway “as soon as possible”.

Ambitious plans for a development that will include Cork’s largest hotel have been given the go-ahead by An Bord Pleanála.

Cork county councillors are to urge Minister Eoghan Murphy to put more professional planners on the board of the highest planning authority in the country.

Plans for the development of almost 300 new homes in Carrigtwohill have been put on hold following an objection from the village’s community council.

Residents in the Farranlea Road area of Cork City have challenged a decision of Cork City Council to grant planning permission for a large-scale, student accommodation complex on the grounds of a former warehouse.

The developers behind plans for the €100m revamp of one of Ireland’s oldest suburban shopping centres will have to reapply for planning permission after a ‘technical error’ in the application.

A planning decision on a proposal to build an incinerator in Cork Harbour has been pushed out for the 10th time and could take another three months to conclude.

The Rolling Stones might have to wait a while to see if they get any satisfaction over their proposed May 17 concert at Croke Park, with residents of nearby residential areas signalling they will likely lodge an objection.

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Irish rugby star, Rob Kearney, has won a planning row to build a new home in his native Carlingford, Co Louth, despite claims that it could be used to host hen and stag parties.

The developer behind a planning ‘fast-track’ €150m scheme for 600 houses and apartments in Co Cork, fears an observation from the neighbouring Cork City Council could delay or derail the supply of badly needed homes.

Plans for a new cancer-care centre in Cork City have been put on hold following objections from the owners of properties adjoining the proposed development.

A number of residents’ associations are to lodge objections against one of the biggest housing projects ever proposed in Co Cork.

GAA chiefs in Cork say they are confident that a standoff with City Hall over payments for public lighting upgrades around the redeveloped Páirc Uí Chaoimh will be resolved before the stadium hosts two Ed Sheeran concerts in May.

Tesco has blocked a major new store planned by Lidl in Limerick city. This is the latest planning clash between the two large multiples.

The “strong odours” allegedly associated with a jarvey business in tourism haven Killarney are making life uncomfortable for neighbouring families.

A local action group near Midleton has lodged an appeal with An Bord Pleanála to try and stop a development of a solar farm outside the east Cork town.

Horse trainers have expressed concern that some stables could go out of business if a proposed solar farm is allowed to be developed at the edge of the Curragh.

While almost €18 million has been announced for road works in Kerry, a row has broken out as the vast bulk of the money has been allocated for improvement works in south and west Kerry.