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

Pupils, parents and staff of an East Cork gaelscoil cheered the news that work should begin on their long-awaited new school building within three years.

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

Plans for a major new cheese production facility by Dairygold in East Cork are being put on hold following objections by residents.

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.