Planning permission has been granted for a landmark 15-storey skyscraper that is set to transform Cork city's skyline.

The Taoiseach has defended the controversial co-living model of accommodation in the Dáil, stating it is part of the solution to the housing crisis.

NAMA is seeking bidders for an 80% stake in Dublin's Poolbeg Strategic Development Zone project which, it says, has the potential for 3,500 homes and 1m sq ft of commercial space.

Dunnes Stores is facing a potential annual tax bill of €360,000 after losing a planning battle with a local authority which had placed a site, valued at €12m and owned by the supermarket group in south Dublin, on the vacant sites register.

On the eve of an oral hearing into plans for an incinerator in Ringaskiddy, Co Cork, the man driving the project for the past 16 years has admitted to “feeling sorry” for the residents of the area.

A leading tourist attraction in Cobh is opposing plans for a new amusement arcade near the centre of the town.

Newly discovered 2000-year-old ruins at the ancient Hill of Tara must be fully preserved because of their unique size and character, a US academic today said.

Cork City Council has given the go-ahead for a major c 200,000 sq ft office development plan at Albert Quay, Cork.

Significant internal and external changes to Cork’s Merchants Quay Shopping Centre are proposed in an application lodged last week.

Cork County Council is set to seek planning permission in the next few weeks for an iconic €7m project aimed at transforming the country’s most south-westerly island into a tourist mecca.

A new landing facility at Dublin airport was today given the green light by planning authorities.

THE Quinn Group will be a huge player in the electricity market as soon as 2010, a move which could result in cheaper energy costs for consumers.

A proposed wind farm development in North Tipperary which had been challenged in the High Court by local residents and environmentalists, has been given the go-ahead by a judge.

Plans for a casino at Two-Mile-Borris in Co Tipperary could be back on the table.

A TOWN has been gripped by a moving statue saga that has led to heated exchanges between politicians, clergy and hospital managers.

Some homeowners on the country’s most exclusive road are trying to block plans by one of their neighbours to carry out a house makeover that includes an underground cinema.

TWO Government ministers conceded yesterday that the proposed site for the State’s first €93m toxic waste incinerator at Ringaskiddy in County Cork was “inappropriate.”