TRAFFIC congestion and an inadequate water supply in Kenmare, Co Kewrry, are among the main reasons for the refusal of planning permission for a controversial development which had been earmarked for the town.

A consortium of hospitals in Dublin has come together to support revised plans at the Mater hospital site for a new National Children's Hospital.

Children's Hospital development board member, businesswoman Norah Casey, has repeated the Mater Hospital site as the best location for the new facility.

The High Court has ordered An Bord Pleanála to make a sworn statement that it is not withholding documents from the Cork Harbour Alliance for a Safe Environment (Chase) as the campaign group prepares to challenge the board’s controversial decision to grant planning permission for an incinerator at Ringaskiddy.

AN TAISCE has objected to plans by Coillte to build a 90-bed nursing home in a forestry in east Cork.

Trinity College Dublin (TCD) has won a planning contribution row, saving it nearly €335,000 in costs, with Dublin City Council regarding the university’s planned new €60m E3 Foundry facility.

Enforcement proceedings against Barnafaddock Wind Farm raise serious questions around planning, the law and national policy on wind energy, writes Michael Clifford

Plans for a new hostel in a former tourist office in the heart of Cork city have been appealed to An Bórd Pleanala.

A call has been made for more research into the impact of wind turbines on hen harriers in upland areas along the borders of counties Cork, Limerick, and Kerry.

Cork county councillors have lodged an 11th-hour objection to plans by Indaver to build incinerators in Cork Harbour, and a local tourist body has done the same.

Plans for a €50m, nine-storey office block in Cork City have been dealt a further blow with news of two further objections to its planning permission — including one from the owners of Ireland’s tallest building.

An Bord Pleanála has refused planning for a 10-storey apartment and leisure complex on a derelict site near Dungarvan town centre.

Planning permission has been granted for two large solar farms in east Cork despite objections from local residents and community groups.

Permission has been granted for a large windfarm on the Cork-Limerick border which will be run by ESB Wind Development.