Plans for the demolition of a former public toilet and council store near the promenade in Youghal have been approved, despite objections from local residents.

A legal challenge against the granting of planning permission to a proposed controversial €160m incinerator at Ringaskiddy in Cork Harbour will not be heard in the High Court until next year.

AN APPEAL by the Department of the Environment against a Clare community’s decision to build a graveyard extension on the outskirts of Ennis “is unwarranted and heavy handed”.

THE Carlton site on Dublin’s O’Connell Street has been approved for a €900 million large scale retail development following a ruling by An Bord Pleanála.

A CAMPAIGN to breathe new life into Tralee town centre has been boosted by a decision to grant planning permission for a 900-square metre extension to a shopping centre.

A CIRCUIT court judge described a planning dispute between two brothers as “one of the more upsetting cases” he has ever had to deal with.

A West Cork solicitor yesterday failed in a High Court challenge to quash a ruling by An Bord Pleanála which refused him planning permission to use, as his home, a building with questionable access to wastewater treatment facilities.

There are calls for Chinese to be taught at Leaving Cert level in Ireland after yesterday's green light for the Euro-Chinese trading hub in Co Westmeath.

The rejection of the new children’s hospital in Dublin by An Bord Pleanala could be a blessing in disguise, as it can now be looked at without the vested interests of the Dublin consultants, and the “Dublin at all costs” brigade.

A former mayor of Kilkenny has said that opposition to the planned mosque and Islamic centre in the city was not an issue of religion, but one of traffic management.

Clare hurling legend, Brian Lohan has expressed frustration with a decision by An Bord Pleanála that has refused his plans for a retail centre on the outskirts of Ennis.

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