Accelerating infrastructure task force member Sean O'Driscoll believes the Government should consider increasing investment in infrastructure to up to 8% of GDP

Scheme could cost between €1bn and €3bn to deliver

Work has begun on 149 cost-rental apartments at Jacob’s Island, part of a long-term plan to build 1,270 homes

Cork housing development at former orphanage site approved despite concerns over scale, density, and visual impact

Plans lodged for 158 apartments and 12 townhouse units

New report suggests we need to be far more ambitious about increasing public transport — or we remain doomed to sit in traffic

Refusal of plans serves as the latest blow to the Cork City Docklands project, which aims to accommodate a population of 25,000 in the next two decades

Plans lodged by Cork developer O'Flynn Construction Company included 123 apartments across three blocks on the Old Fort Road in Ballincollig

New roads cause more traffic, not less, but that doesn't stop people from wanting them. It's time to change tack, writes Ciarán Ferrie

The proposal goes directly to An Bord Pleanála as it is Strategic Infrastructure Development, or development considered to be of strategic economic or social importance

Judge who presides over the planning and environmental division of the High Court says a growing number of cases are being taken by developers challenging issues including the refusal of permission, imposition of conditions, and elements of development plans such as zoning

PepsiCo’s €127m expansion in Cork is under appeal as residents raise health and environmental concerns over the project’s scale

Traffic was a key concern, as was the existing lack of infrastructure in the area, the potential loss of play areas for children and the impact on existing homes near the site

It is understood that up to €100,000 will be made available to people seeking to renovate either shops or apartments above the shop under the plans housing minister James Brown will bring to Cabinet

The proposed zip line course will be located on Fota Island

Peter O’Mahony’s parting shot at the Cork-Limerick road highlights a decades-long failure to deliver basic infrastructure in modern Ireland

Friends of the Irish Environment claims that An Bord Pleanála breached Irish and European law in granting permission for the proposed development

Uisce Éireann CEO Niall Gleeson says serial objectors he refers to as ‘banana’ — build absolutely nothing anywhere near anything — achieve nothing for the environment

An application has been made to An Bord Pleanála for The Cube building to be used for potential temporary housing for refugees and asylum seekers

Micheál Martin to update Cabinet on National Economic and Social Council report focused on improving compact growth in Ireland