An oral hearing into the proposed Poolbeg incinerator in the Ringsend area of Dublin is getting underway in the capital today.

THE decision by An Bord Pleanála to approve the National Roads Authority’s (NRA) plans to excavate and build over the national monument on the M3 motorway route is likely to be challenged in the High Court.

Aldi has secured the go ahead for a new store on the outskirts of Killarney, Co Kerry, despite an objection that it would have a negative impact on traders in the town centre.

Plans for the College Green plaza in Dublin have been delayed.

The Stillorgan Shopping Centre in Dublin has received the go-ahead €40m redevelopment.

An Bord Pleanala has refused planning permission for the proposed construction of a controversial gas terminal in Bellanaboy, Co Mayo.

A GROUP representing rural families has called for an urgent review of the composition of An Bord Pleanála, claiming its membership may be unlawful.

An Bord Pleanála has granted planning permission for a large wind farm in Co. Galway.

PLANS for a €40 million apartment scheme in a County Cork town have been refused by An Bord Pleanála.

Intel Ireland has requested An Bord Pleanála to invoke rarely used powers to dismiss what the company claims is the "vexatious" appeal by farmer Thomas Reid against its planned $4bn (€3.6bn) investment in Kildare.

An Bord Pleanala has refused planning permission for a large solar farm in Kildare.

A residents’ group has brought a legal challenge aimed at overturning Bord Pleanála’s grant of planning permission for a development of several wind turbines near their homes in Co Cork.

A decision by An Bord Pleanala to grant planning permission for a proposed electricity generating solar farm in Co Cork has been overturned by the High Court.

Parents awaiting the building of a new primary school in Kanturk can breathe a sigh of relief after it was confirmed a planning condition laid down by An Bord Pleanála can be met by Cork County Council.