An Bord Pleanála has turned down an appeal by the minister against a decision of Kildare County Council to refuse her department planning permission for a proposal to allow turf cutting at Coolree Bog near Prosperous, Co Kildare.

Cork city councillors want the environment minister to overhaul An Bord Pleanála amid claims it has rendered the city’s development plan useless.

There is a groundswell of opposition to the factory plan in Skibbereen, writes Noel Baker.

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.

A lobby group has said building a direct motorway link between Cork and Limerick is a major waste of taxpayers' money, because there is another one planned which will link the two cities.

Limerick City planners have been left red-faced over their objection to two neighbours restoring their roofs to their original red slate colour.

A public oral hearing into the proposed children's hospital at the Mater Hospital in Dublin has opened.

Plans by Lidl to replace its existing outlet in Fermoy with a large, new store have been approved, despite opposition from a rival supermarket owner.

A major protest has taken place in Cork city today to highlight opposition to a planned €120m flood relief project.

Health Minister James Reilly has announced the make-up of the review group to consider the decision of an Bord Pleanála to refuse planning permission for the National Children's Hospital.

The Health Minister has said he hopes to have a report from an expert group on the options for a new National Children's Hospital within weeks.

Health Minister Dr James Reilly has been told that he needs to make a decision on where build the new National Children's Hospital.

THE company behind contentious plans to construct a seaplane base at Mountshannon on Lough Derg have dismissed appeals against the plan as “exaggerated and misrepresentative”.

IT’S time to cry halt to the building of apartments in Killarney, one of the town’s longest-serving councillors urged yesterday.

A GROUP of residents in West Cork has vowed to take their fight against a €14m reservoir all the way to the European Court if An Bord Pleanála doesn’t turn it down.

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

It must be welcomed that five siblings who have been living in direct provision while attending school or college in Cork for a number of years will not be deported.

The developers of Citywest say they are at a loss as to why South Dublin County Council has refused plans for a €50m housing development for Citywest Village.

The Dublin Port Company is hopeful of completing the first major phase of its ambitious 30-year €600m development plan within the next five years.