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

A significant part of the Port of Cork’s €100m redevelopment plan for Ringaskiddy could go ahead without a major upgrading of either the Dunkettle interchange or the N28 national primary road.

Just right for the family: The bungalow on Uam Var estate, Cork, is expected to promote keen interest with offer price of €274,000.

THE upgrading of the M50 ring road around Dublin will only create a massive car park, the Green Party warned yesterday.

A US waste management company is planning to build a major facility here in the first project of its kind to seek permission under the new fast-track planning procedure for large-scale infrastructure.

IT would seem that “archaeological significance” carries a different meaning in different areas of this little island.

TARA, here I am. I have come all the way from Kerry to be with you before the vultures, with bulldozers and JCBs, open your lower belly. They are impatient to inflict the wounds.

A number of residents’ associations are to lodge objections against one of the biggest housing projects ever proposed in Co Cork.

RYANAIR said yesterday that it doesn’t believe the European Commission (EC) will force it to sell its 25.17% stake in Aer Lingus.

A legal challenge against the granting of planning permission to a proposed controversial €160m incinerator at Ringaskiddy in Cork Harbour opened in the High Court today.

Chambers Ireland have welcomed Bord Pleanala's approval for a new interconnector linking Ireland to Wales.

Planning permission has been granted for a new cultural centre, including prayer rooms, for Muslims living in Clonmel, Co Tipperary despite strong opposition from a large group of local residents.

ON Nov 27 I got a very sad phonecall from Bernadette Fahy and a text from Paddy Doyle.Both Bernadette and Paddy are amazing people who are survivors of institutional abuse.