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

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.

Although no solar farms have yet been built in the Republic, a handful of projects have been granted planning permission.

TWO experts in Catholic law yesterday said the final decision on controversial plans to alter the interior of St Coleman’s Cathedral should be made by the Holy See in Rome.

THE GAA has been accused of trying to turn Croke Park into “an adventure sports park” after the sports organisation submitted plans which would allow visitors to engage in abseiling and ziplining off the roof of the stadium.

THE Hill of Tara constitutes the heart and soul of Ireland. Our ceremonial and mythical capital, its very name invokes the spirit and mystique of our people, and is instantly recognisable worldwide.

FILM-MAKER Neil Jordan is for a second time objecting to a waterfront holiday village almost next door to his West Cork home.

A MOVE to allow some cash-strapped Kerry golf clubs to build holiday homes on courses has been stymied by the local authority.

A WORLD famous Co Meath stud farm says it may be forced to shut down because a major landfill dump is coming to the locality.

Extensive fibreoptic cables are to be laid down in advance of the €100m upgrade of the Jack Lynch Tunnel/Dunkettle interchange to give motorists real-time information on the project.

Claims and counterclaims have been made over whether the Port of Cork breached planning regulations by developing part of its terminal at Ringaskiddy after it was refused permission in 2008 to expand facilities there.

An historic home on Cork’s northside is in line to become a medical clinic after a recent grant of planning permission.