Fears have been expressed that defences erected around a toxic dump were breached during the recent hurricane, releasing potentially harmful chemicals into Cork harbour.

A new blueprint for the future of Cork county points to 58,000 new housing units being needed by 2022 to accommodate population growth.

A planning decision on a proposal to build an incinerator in Cork Harbour has been pushed out for the 10th time and could take another three months to conclude.

THE Environmental Protection Agency last night granted a local authority a licence to operate what is likely to be the biggest super dump in the country.

MOST of the objectors to the proposed N8 Fermoy to Mitchelstown bypass withdrew their objections yesterday.

That is according to a new report commissioned by Tayto Park as part of its planning battle to secure planning permission for a new steel €14m rollercoaster for the visitor park.

An independent councillor and local dentist have appealed the recent decision of Cork City Council to grant planning permission

A council that won an award for its trailblazing decision to introduce “no-fry zones” around schools has broken its own rule a fortnight later by granting permission for a takeaway to open.

A CITY HALL has initiated legal action against the owners of a former bakery site for allowing material including asbestos to be stored on it.

One of Ireland’s most expensive local authority’s has rejected claims it wasted more than €40m on botched planning projects since 2005 by failing to follow its own development plan.

The Irish Maritime Development Office, operating under the auspices of the Department of Transport, has given its backing to the Port of Cork’s plans for a €100m-plus upgrade of its deep water container facilities at Ringaskiddy.

Building materials’ maker Tegral plunged further into the red last year to record pre-tax losses of €7.8m.

Doctors at the Killarney Primary Care Centre yesterday said normal business has not been affected by a High Court decision to appoint an examiner to the Prime Healthcare Group that had been involved in setting up the centre.

New plans have been lodged for a motorway service area off the M8 motorway near Fermoy in north Cork.

Groups representing business and industry have given their backing to a proposed motorway from Cork to Ringaskiddy — with one group expressing “frustration” at the lack of progress in building the road to date.

ENGINEERING experts have told a Bord Pleanála oral hearing up to 70 lives could be saved over the next 30 years if a motorway is developed between Cork and Limerick.

Houses ‘grown’ in Germany and factory fabricated are about to make their way to Irish market says Tommy Barker.