BUCK-PASSING is the name of the game as flood waters continue to ravage Irish cities and towns.

Councillors refused last night to rezone a former pitch and putt course in Cork city for a housing project.

The ports of Cork and Bantry handled nearly a million more tonnes of cargo last year than in 2014.

American software company Tableau is to allow its users choose where they want their data stored after unveiling its first European data centre in Dublin.

Planning permission is expected to be lodged in September for a €10m FAI regional centre for soccer excellence in Co Cork.

The High Court will tomorrow hear a challenge to An Bord Pleanála’s decision to grant planning permission for €220m works that would upgrade a national road in Cork to motorway status.

Muslims in Galway claim they are struggling to find locations to practice their faith after being told they cannot use a residential home on the outskirts of the city as a mosque.

A SCHOOL at the centre of bitter controversy over plans for a new building has invited public representatives to an open day today to hear its side of the story.

PARENTS who have been campaigning for almost 20 years for a permanent new school for their children are taking their fight to the streets.

A NUMBER of property development companies co-owned by well-known Limerick businessmen, Joe Hanrahan and John Shee recorded combined losses of over €12 million in 2009, new accounts show.

THE country’s largest local authority may sell off or lease a number of its assets, including a €40 million superdump, in an attempt to make ends meet during the next few years.

MORE than 200 objections have been lodged to plans for the construction of a processing plant for animal waste close to the world-famous Coolmore Stud and Ballydoyle Stables in Co Tipperary.

AN archaeological find on the site of a €372 million motorway in Limerick could herald massive delays or force the redesign of the route if further ancient treasures are discovered.

THE MAYOR of Waterford, Cha O’Neill, has said he is fearful for Waterford’s reputation among developers and investors as it emerged that a college lecturer is making an average of almost one observation, objection or appeal per week against proposed developments in the city.

THE builders may be on holidays, but developers are keeping themselves busy submitting plans for hundreds more homes in County Cork.