The building firm seeking to construct an apartment block and house plan on lands adjacent to broadcaster, Pat Kenny’s home has offered to reduce the scale of the development.

HUNDREDS of residents opposed to plans for a waste incinerator at Poolbeg are expected to show up at an oral hearing into the controversial project today.

Midleton GAA club has to put its plans to move to new grounds in the town on hold following an objection to the development of new facilities by a local resident.

A coffee chain is facing an uphill struggle to be allowed to keep its flagship outlet in Cork open.

PLANNING permission was granted yesterday by Cork County Council for a 204-house development in Crosshaven, while an application was received for an equally large development in Castlemartyr.

The long-running national children’s hospital plan risks being delayed yet again, after it emerged the chosen site for the building is on the grounds of an ancient mass paupers’ grave.

I WAS flabbergasted at Environment Minister Dick Roche’s assertion that Indaver’s incinerators are passing through “one of the most open and rigorous physical planning and environmental licensing regimes in the world” (January 5).

Just seven purpose-built student beds have been completed in Limerick since the launch of the government's Rebuilding Ireland strategy in 2016.

Ulster Bank approached Seán Dunne about financing the purchase of the Jurys /Ballsbridge site in Dublin in Jul 2005, the Irish Examiner has learned.

Building a smaller national children’s hospital on the Mater site in Dublin is a “distinct possibility”, Health Minister James Reilly has said.

THE notion of total immersion in the Irish language is being taken to new lengths by a Gaelscoil which will move to a former swimming pool next year.

PLANNING is expected to be granted today for three bridges over the River Lee to help kick-start one of the state’s most ambitious regeneration projects.

TAOISEACH Brian Cowen has predicted Tipperary is set for a “major jobs boost” after an 11,000 square metre shopping centre was opened in the county, potentially creating 500 new positions.

SAVINGS of up to an hour on car journeys between Dublin and other cities within five years and a dedicated route from Letterkenny to Waterford are among the main roads projects of the Transport 21 plan.

RESTRICTIONS on one-off housing in rural areas are set to become the biggest issue in next year’s local elections unless the Government follows through on its plans to reform planning legislation, the Irish Rural Dwellers Association (IRDA) has warned.

HOMEOWNERS in some of the country’s most expensive neighbourhoods are contributing to a surge in planning appeals by attempting to build lucrative developments in their back gardens.