A SCHOOL car park that was the scene of a horrifying accident yesterday afternoon would have been full of children returning home had they not been kept back by teachers – to say a prayer.

A PIGEON-FANCIER may have to demolish a large state-of-the-art pigeon loft in his back garden following a court action yesterday.

Plans for a large budget hotel in Cork city centre have been put on hold following an objection by a local resident.

German retail chain Lidl has secured a High Court order to stop the locks being changed on a Dublin premises where they plan to build a new foodstore.

A PERIOD home in Clonakilty, Co Cork, has character and aspect - and a half-acre site with development potential that underpins its e1m asking price with local agent Ray O’Neill, of the Sherry Fitzgerald franchise.

Dublin City Council is to reassess plans for two further pedestrian days at College Green.

A dispute over the granting of planning permission by An Bord Pleanala for a development of 500 housing units in north Dublin has been adjourned to later this week.

The withdrawn plans for a major new office complex on Cork’s Albert Quay have been replaced with a new application from joint developers BAM Property Ltd & Progressive Commercial Construction Ltd.

Plans for a solar farm in east Cork are being challenged by residents who claim it will lead to the industrialisation of a rural setting, writes Seán McCárthaigh    

A legal challenge is among the options being considered by residents in the wake of a Bord Pleanála decision to grant planning for apartments on the site of a former Magdalene laundry in Cork city.

Dublin Chamber of Commerce has today welcomed Government plans to invest billions in the city's transport network, but warned that construction involved could cause widespread disruption.

A woman whose family has been locked in a right-of-way row with a local sports club interrupted Mass on Easter Sunday to voice her concerns over the saga.

OBJECTIONS against a €60 million investment on Cork city’s northside, at the old Sunbeam Wolsey site, have been rejected by An Bord Pleanála, clearing the way for a development which can cater for up to 3,000 jobs.

The decision by Cork County Council to proceed with a €6 million road upgrade project in Glanmire is shocking and calls into question the council’s priorities and loyalties (Irish Examiner, October 23).

MOVES to build a private hospital and to relocate the Enable Ireland services in Cork city took a significant step forward yesterday.

THE proposed route of the M3 motorway near the Hill of Tara was chosen after extensive public consultation involving some four thousand people and culminating in a 28-day oral hearing by An Bord Pleanála, the High Court was told yesterday.