TRANSPORT Minster Seamus Brennan’s radical plans for the Dublin Airport metro could be derailed if he tries to curtail the public consultation process.

It’s back to the drawing board with plans for a long-awaited water scheme for a popular tourist area after the Circuit Court turned down a local authority’s proposals.

Plans for a €35m 'floating' data centre in Limerick's docklands area are set to proceed after opponents withdrew objections to planning approval for the project.

The health minister has thanked the project director of the National Children’s Hospital Development Board (NCHDB) for the “significant role” he played in progressing the flagship project.

Full planning permission has been secured this week for a €140m residential development of 413 homes, to include a tower of 25 storeys, at Cork’s Jacob’s Island, near Mahon Point and the Jack Lynch Tunnel.

A number of High Court challenges have been brought against An Bord Pleanála's decision to grant planning permission for a development of 100 houses and 400 apartments on a site beside St Anne’s Park in north Dublin.

EVERY farmer knows if you dig a drain you first have for figure out where the water is going to flow.

PLANS for a private day care hospital have been given the green light by Limerick City Council.

A MULTI-MILLION euro residential and business development on the outskirts of Nenagh, Co Tipperary, has been granted planning permission by Nenagh Town Council.

THE first phase of the €3 million ‘Banks of the Lee’ walkway, first suggested almost 20 years ago, was finally opened to the public yesterday.

NEWGATE Centre has been selected as the name for a new retail development in Waterford city centre.

THE Port of Cork Company wants to build a very large container port at Oyster Bank in Ringaskiddy.

IKEA’S plans to open up shop just off the congested M50 in North Dublin are to be put to the test at an oral hearing next month.

SOUTH Tipperary is set to have its first incinerator in the coming year.

PLANS to create Ireland’s first commercial anaerobic waste digester have been turned down by Cork County Council.

BOLD moves that could pave the way for a multi-million expansion of Cork’s biggest GAA stadium have begun, it emerged last night.

More than 1000 tractors today took part in a massive protest against plans by electricity giant EirGrid to construct a power line corridor in the north-east.

An 86-year-old man and his wife face the prospect of a new four-lane €120m roadway going through their four-bedroom home.