A controversial Starbucks outlet on Cork city’s main street has closed after a three-year planning battle.

PARENTS of pupils at a Waterford primary school say they’re going to appeal a decision by the local council to grant retention for a mobile phone mast located within 180 metres from the junior infants’ classroom.

The way has finally been cleared for the construction of 147 social and affordable homes on Cork’s northside on county land earmarked for transfer to the city.

A BORD PLEANÁLA decision to approve plans for 600 homes in Passage West in Cork despite being urged by one of its own inspectors to refuse permission will lead to traffic congestion, locals warned last night.

A decision on whether to give the go-ahead to plans for a controversial incinerator in Co Cork has been pushed out for the sixth time by the planning authority.

AN Independent Killarney councillor has been censured under the ethics in public office legislation after striking a deal with a local developer on condition that he withdrew an appeal to An Bord Pleanála.

A High Court challenge against An Bord Pleanála's decision to give the green-light to a €220m motorway linking the south of Cork city to the new Port of Cork got underway today.

The new €50m State funding package for the beleaguered Cork event centre project is facing a High Court legal challenge.

So that’s nearly Wednesday wrapped up. Here’s some of the stories we published on irishexaminer.com today which we hope will help you make sense of it all this evening.

OBJECTORS have until close of business on Monday to lodge submissions with An Bord Pleanála in relation to the construction of a €600 million motorway linking Cork and Limerick.

DIOXIN levels in the Cork Harbour area could increase by up to 5% when the planned incinerators are in operation — but, even with such increases, emissions would still fall well below legal limits, an oral hearing was told.

PLANS for one of the country’s longest and most expensive motorways linking Cork and Limerick will be lodged with An Bord Pleanála today.

OFFICIALS were last night trying to track down a developer who is believed to have allowed Travellers move onto a site at the centre of a bitter planning row.

SO, An Bord Pleanála have confirmed what anyone with even a passing interest in Ireland’s disappearing countryside has known for at least a decade.

WORK on re-developing Plunkett Station in Waterford could begin in a number of weeks following the local council’s decision to grant planning permission.

THE biggest construction project ever undertaken in south Tipperary is set to commence within months.