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.

US billionaire Donald Trump has finally won his battle against plans for a windfarm near Doonbeg golf course — which he owns — thanks to a little-known freshwater pearl mussel.

BUSINESSMAN Jim Mansfield has expressed “extreme disappointment” at a decision by An Bord Pleanála to block his plans to build a €50m conference centre at his Citywest hotel and golf complex near Saggart, Co Dublin.

County councillors have voted unanimously to notify Bord Pleanála of their total opposition to Indaver Ireland’s plan to build a €160m incinerator in Cork harbour.

Plans for a new hotel in the Markets area of Dublin’s north inner city by one of Northern Ireland’s leading hotel groups have been rejected.

ONE of Shell’s partners in the €2.5 billion Corrib Gas project has conceded that gas will not now be brought ashore until 2014.

A group that had always argued against the geogra- phically constrained Mater site welcomed the decision by Bord Pleanála.

A strong plea was yesterday made to An Taisce not to proceed with a judicial review in the High Court of a project to upgrade a major tourist route.

TK MAXX is set to relocate its business in Waterford near a medieval wall and castle in the city centre after a High Court ruling this summer meant that the company could no longer trade at the Butlerstown retail warehouse park on the outskirts of the city.

PLANS to build a multi-million euro golf course at Inch, on the Dingle Peninsula, have received a further setback, with Environment Minister Dick Roche refusing to give the project the green light.

IRELAND has the capacity to become self-sufficient in natural gas and to become a net gas exporter Energy Minister Dermot Ahern said yesterday.

DEFIANT residents in a coastal commuter town have threatened to disrupt work on one of the country’s largest energy projects over safety concerns.

CONTROVERSIAL plans to co-locate public and private hospitals at six sites around the country are not likely to be affected by budget changes to capital allowance schemes.

AN Bord Pleanála (ABP) has refused permission for a large housing development in the village of Crossbarry, but given the green light for a windfarm in Bantry.

THE Cork engineer who has appealed the decision of Limerick County Council to grant permission for a €100 million private hospital in Adare, yesterday accused the council of withholding information from him.

An oral hearing into the controversial South Kerry Greenway is expected to take almost two weeks.

One of the largest hotels in west Kerry has secured approval for a major extension to its premises, despite objections from local residents.