A redevelopment of the Fox and Hounds site, in the northside Cork City suburb of Ballyvolane, has been approved by Cork County Council.

A decision to grant planning permission for a scaled-down €41m retail project on a site designated as an area of “high landscape value” straddling the Cork city and county boundary has been appealed to An Bord Pleanála.

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.

The Government has been urged to impose new bans on properties which are rented out on Airbnb for more than 90 days a year in a bid to stop “professional” landlords from taking advantage of the system.

A PERIOD home in Clonakilty, Co Cork, has character and aspect - and a half-acre site with development potential that underpins its €1m asking price with local agent Ray O’Neill, of the Sherry Fitzgerald franchise.

The Department of Education is considering a permanent exhibition to remember residential institution abuse victims, instead of the memorial recommended in the 2009 Ryan Report.

THE viable regeneration of key Cork city sites is being stalled because developers can’t get credit from the banks.

PLEAS have been made for a review of planning fees as An Bord Pleanála prepares to increase its charges by an above-inflation 5% at the end of this month.

MINISTER for the Environment John Gormley has said the future of the Cork harbour island of Haulbowline will be decided at a cabinet meeting in coming weeks.

RESIDENTS fighting controversial plans for another quarry in East Cork will represent themselves at an oral hearing into the project, starting tomorrow.

Cork County Council has issued a tender for engineering and environmental consultants to design and oversee works on the damaged weir on the River Blackwater in Fermoy.

Plans by Lidl to replace its shop in Fermoy, Co Cork, with a larger one are being put on hold following an objection by a member of the public.

THE state has moved to designate Lough Derg as a special protection area (SPA) for birds.

POLITICIANS canvassing for votes in the general election are getting plenty of ‘stick’ on the doorsteps from people experiencing difficulties in obtaining planning permission in rural areas, a planning conference heard.

A COMMUNITY which fought long and hard for a motorway connection is about to see “all its dreams come true” next Monday when plans for a junction connection are unveiled.