The Supreme Court has dismissed an appeal over An Bord Pleanála’s approval for the planned 138-kilometre north-south electricity interconnector.

Enforcement proceedings are under way against a cut-price long-term car park set up without planning permission in the danger zone adjacent to Cork Airport.

ALL set up for hobby-farm use, a more likely outcome than being bought for future development, is assessment of estate agent John Deady as he brings 10 waterview acres by Clonakilty bay to the market.

The former landmark Ard Rí hotel and grounds in Waterford city, bought for a reported €15m in 2006 for a proposed €400m mixed use development, has been put on the market for €750,000.

AMORPHOUS was a new one on Mary Sweeney. She had seen planners use many descriptions before but this one necessitated consulting a dictionary.

The Port of Cork intends applying to An Bord Pleanala, yet again, for a 400,000-capacity container terminal at Ringaskiddy.

Opposition to the landfill cites local wildlife, and risk of water contamination Seán O’Riordan.

A €90m expansion of the Wicklow studios where the drama series Vikings is filmed is on hold after locals appealed the decision to grant planning permission.

AN inspector with the Health and Safety Authority (HSA) said yesterday that he was unconcerned by a gas pipeline running through the site of a proposed hazardous waste incinerator plant at Ringaskiddy, Co Cork.

THE HSE South has been refused planning permission to remove a large Christian statue from above the main entrance of the Killarney Community Hospital, which it took down and then replaced at ground level.

A leading Limerick hotel is to close its doors just three weeks before Christmas with the loss of 92 jobs.

ENVIRONMENT Minister Martin Cullen will today publish the Government’s new guidelines on rural one-off housing.

HOME furnishings retailer IKEA will launch the first phase of its recruitment campaign for its Dublin store at the end of March with the announcement of more than 40 management positions.

An online petition against the opening of the arcade launched by Mr Lane collected 1,607 names.

The contract for an incinerator on Dublin’s southside has been signed despite the development still awaiting the green light, it emerged tonight.

COLD water is continuing to be poured over an €8.5m development plan for the Great Blasket island.

Ireland has been found to have breached its international obligations over to access to information on the environment.