THE redevelopment of a public pier in Doolin is crucial to the tourist industry in the Clare village.

A CORK suburban development site which sold for a very strong €3.5m less than two years ago, has been quielty returned to the market, at a c €2m mark-up, according to sources.

Tallaght hospital is more suitable to house the new national children's hospital now than it was when first considered years ago, according to a former Vice Chairman of the Board of the hospital.

Your coverage on page one, and two-page spread on pages six and seven of the Irish Examiner (April 6) was excellent writing by Eoin English.

The campaign to save a residential green in the western suburbs of Cork from development is going to the Supreme Court.

More than 40 consultants have called for the long-delayed national children’s hospital — set to be based at St James’s — to be directly linked to a leading maternity site.

Desperate attempts were being made last night by the Government to salvage the National Children’s Hospital, after plans for the long-awaited facility descended into a shambles.

A PROMINENT casino consultant has questioned the sustainability of the proposed €460 million casino and leisure complex in rural Tipperary — saying he personally would not invest in such a project.

KILLARNEY Town Council has decided to rezone a controversial five-acre site, owned by the multi-millionaire McShain family, to allow for a luxury housing development.

So that’s nearly Saturday wrapped up. Here’s some of the stories we published on irishexaminer.com today which we hope will help you make sense of it all this evening.

The chief executive of one of the biggest construction companies in New York, and which is behind a number of projects in Ireland, has hit out at the influence of holiday-home owners in South Kerry getting “to dictate” what the true local community needs and deserves.