Changing from dealing with water to beer in one Killarney business will need planning permission.

Bord Pleanála has approved plans for a new 5,300-house town 6km north of Cork City.

There will be significant reform of the planning system despite a Department of Environment review finding no criminality or corruption across seven local authorities.

IT may be 10 years before Limerick has its own waste incinerator, a Bord Pleanála hearing into a proposed 98-acre super dump was told yesterday.

Plans for a development of more than 30 new homes in the southside suburbs of Cork have been lodged.

A WEST Clare businessman has emerged victorious in a planning battle with two other businessman over the provision of a new retail space in Miltown Malbay.

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

The Port of Cork’s new €100m Ringaskiddy terminal expansion plan has several key differences to the scheme which was shot down six years ago, the company insisted yesterday.

An Bórd Pleanála has approved plans for a massive €100m redevelopment of one of Ireland’s first suburban shopping centres.

CORK County Council is planning a significant road upgrade that will allow more than 1,200 homes to be built and provide a link to a new park-and-ride railway station.

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 RESIDENTS’ challenge by to a €75 million plan for the State’s first hazardous waste incinerator in Co Cork will be profoundly affected by the European Commission’s decision to bring a legal action against Ireland, the High Court was told yesterday.

The Government's fast-track housing scheme is expected to be revamped if it is extended beyond the end of the year, with permissions likely to be limited to just one year to encourage construction.

A 17-storey apartment complex in Cork city has been approved by An Bord Pleanála despite recommendations from planners at Cork City Council that it be refused, it has emerged.