A CONTENTIOUS development spanning 195 acres that is to receive over 18 million tonnes of red bauxite residue at the Aughinish Alumina plant on the Shannon estuary is due to commence operating later this month.

TOP tourist town Killarney is becoming the Las Vegas of Ireland.

THE Government is hoping to speed up and save money on multi-billion euro transport projects following the introduction of a planning infrastructure bill.

A DECISION on whether a controversial halfway house for recovering alcoholics can be built has been deferred for another three months, during which time those behind the project hope to allay fears of locals.

A WASTE treatment company which wanted to develop a recycling plant in Co Waterford has been refused planning.

LIMERICK City Council have been warned their persistence in opposing a huge suburban shopping development will cost 2,000 jobs and €10 million in lost revenue.

A MONAGHAN company’s plans to build a €75 million biomass plant, that could have supplied 45% of the county’s electrical needs, has been scuppered by An Bord Pleanála.

The New Year sees the march to the right of the FF/PD Junta, to the tune of big business and vested affluent interest groups.

The landmark One Albert Quay office block, nearing completion in Cork’s docklands, is poised to become one of the most environmentally friendly buildings in Europe.

Supports for cancer patients in Cork look set to improve after planning permission was granted for a care centre near one of the city’s busiest hospitals.

A renewable energy company has received the go-ahead for Cork’s first industrial solar installation or solar farm.

A company of developer John O'Flynn has brought a legal challenge against An Bord Pleanala's refusal to grant planning permission for 34 houses and a roadway in South County Dublin.

A legal challenge to the construction of a hazardous waste incinerator in Cork Harbour has been adjourned for three weeks by the High Court in Dublin.

Plans for 1,100 apartments on a key site in Cork’s south docks are in the pipeline, it has emerged.

One of the country’s top tourist town has given the thumbs down to a gaming arcade.

MULTI-MILLION euro plans for a massive residential and commercial development in Cork’s docklands, which include a landmark 10-storey tower, were finally given the green light by An Bord Pleanála yesterday.

MORE than 100 objections are expected to be lodged with Bord Pleanála against the new Waterford to Kilcullen dual carriageway.