A rare species of bat, as well as the soprano pipistrelle bat, may hold up development of the €180m Project Opera development in Limerick.

Campaigners opposed to a plastics factory for the West Cork town of Skibbereen have been granted an application for a judicial review of the decision to allow it to proceed.

The National Paediatric Hospital Development Board has defended the additional construction costs of the new children’s hospital, insisting that the “right procurement strategy” had been taken.

PLANNERS in Ennis are scratching their heads as to why a well-known developer has lodged two almost identical applications for a €40 million retail park.

A HUGE row has broken out between the commercial manager of the Port of Cork and RTÉ’s marine correspondent over proposals to develop a €232 million container port at Ringaskiddy.

MORE than 2,500 formal objections to plans by the four local authorities in Dublin to build a large incinerator on a site in Poolbeg at the mouth of the River Liffey have been lodged.

AN objector to the €40 million Thomond Park development will not appeal a decision of Limerick City Council yesterday to grant planning permission.

A scenic new greenway in the Southwest — projected to be “far superior” to the Great Western Greenway in Mayo — is due to be completed by the end of 2016.

The Supreme Court has dismissed an appeal by local residents over An Bord Pleanála’s approval for the first phase of tech giant Apple’s planned €850m data centre in Athenry.

A challenge to An Bord Pleanála's decision to grant approval for the 14km long M28 motorway between Cork and Ringaskiddy has been dismissed by the High Court.

We call on the Government to review Irish energy policy in light of recent changes in renewable power technologies.