SERIAL objectors to planning applications in Waterford have been urged to look at the bigger picture as the city faces a downturn in construction.

CHAMPION trainer Aidan O’Brien has warned that the development of an animal waste plant close to his base in south Tipperary would mean the “end of Ballydoyle” as a world-class training facility.

WEXFORD County Council has expressed dismay at the flouting of its planning laws by millionaire property developer Harry Crosbie.

An Bord Pleanála failed to take into account the rights of affected landowners or the potential impact of Brexit in approving the development of the North-South electricity interconnector, the Commercial Court has been told.

Concerns have been raised about the listing of some of Cork’s newest student apartments on Airbnb.

BUSINESS people in Kerry were yesterday urged to get behind a campaign to build a golf links, projected to create 65 jobs.

THREE-storey terraced and semi-detached houses in a courtyard site in Kinsale have just been released on the market this week and should create a bit of a stir in the gourmet town.

A BORD Pleanála oral hearing was yesterday told that the Oyster Bank at Ringaskiddy was the most suitable of three sites examined for the Port of Cork’s proposed new €226 million container and cargo terminal.

WHEN the GAA’s Management Committee and Central Council meet today they should take stock of the decisions they are being asked to make as regards the use of Croke Park in 2008 for games other than those promoted by the GAA.

Plans for a residential development at the Sunday’s Well site of the former Good Shepherd convent in Cork City are likely to be the subject of planning appeals after considerable local objection.

PEOPLE fret nowadays when there’s a focus on the impact of a development, such as a windfarm on wildlife.

Cork GAA will receive €20million from the GAA towards the redevelopment of Páirc Uí Chaoimh, it has been confirmed.

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.

Here's all you need to know this morning.

A cyclists’ representative group has expressed concerns about the use of cycle lanes replacing hard shoulders on rural roads.

A waste management company is to lodge a new planning application seeking to increase the size of a controversial incineration plant being built in Co Meath, it emerged today.

CHAMPAGNE corks were popping in Ballydoyle stables last night and across the wider Golden Vale as campaigners celebrated the decision by South Tipperary County Council to refuse planning permission for a controversial animal waste plant.

An “earth sheltered dwelling” at Reenbeg, a prominent headland overlooking Dingle harbour, has been refused planning permission by An Bord Pleanála.