An Bord Pleanála has overturned a grant of permission for construction of an ocean wall at Donald Trump’s golf club resort at Doonbeg in Co Clare.

Plans for a large-scale mosque in West Dublin have been given the go-ahead by An Bord Pleanála in spite of local opposition.

THE board tasked with developing the new national children’s hospital has slashed by almost 50% the amount it is hoping to raise in charitable donations towards the estimated €650 million cost of the project.

A PROPERTY developer who has lodged a complaint against three senior county council officials has insisted it is not acceptable for members of the same local authority to conduct an internal investigation.

A business group in Dublin’s Docklands has questioned whether a €320m project by Dublin Port Company (DPC) to double its capacity is in the interests of businesses and residents.

"(This) will allow us to reach people who are currently isolated and vulnerable, offering them vital healthcare and treatment options."

The controversial building of a new school on playing fields on Cork’s northside is to go ahead as part of next year’s €370m schools capital programme.

NOBODY wants to live beside an incinerator or a dump. Yet, there is growing pressure on local authorities to provide such controversial facilities as Ireland struggles to cope with a mountain of toxic, commercial and domestic waste.

The Supreme Court will rule on a later date whether An Bord Pleanála breached its legal obligations in how it approved the first phase of tech giant Apple’s planned €850m data centre in Athenry.

Cllr Mick Finn has said that plans to build 57 student apartments, including some 419 student beds, on Bandon Road will create an imbalance that will threaten other communities in the area.

PLANS for a €20 million biodiesel plant in Cork were shot down by An Bórd Pleanála yesterday.

Two separate High Court challenges have been launched against a decision by An Bord Pleanala to grant planning permission for a wind farm which will have some of the "highest structures in the country".

An appeal against planning permission being granted for a new caravan park near the Old Head of Kinsale has been thrown out for not being made by a “bona fide” person.

Planning permission has been refused for more than 400 homes in Wexford.