Plans to locate the proposed national children’s hospital at the Mater site in Dublin city centre could be resurrected after management at three hospitals in the area said they were puttingtogether a fresh proposal.

The response to the rejection of the planning application for the proposed National Children’s Hospital was more than intriguing.

A RECEIVER has been appointed to one of Limerick’s largest property companies, the Fordmount Property Group, and its two subsidiaries, which cumulatively has net liabilities in excess of €200 million.

THE imprisonment of five Mayo men in the Corrib gas pipeline controversy represents a major public relations disaster for the giant Shell corporation.

Applications for licences to explore for gas using controversial fracking methods are unlikely to be considered for another two years, at least.

The weather is attracting major investment into Ireland.

The revised planning application for a major quayside office development in Cork city has prompted a critical response from the management of the adjoining Elysian complex.

A local authority has called in the country’s top planning referee to decide if two suburban neighbours should get a yellow card over painting their roofs red.

A fast-tracked housing project for Dublin which was due to begin construction in 2017 now faces a three-year delay.

Plans submitted before Christmas have been approved by Cork County Council for a reduced-scale development at a former Kinsale convent.

THE owners of one of the most important period houses in Cork are to cut their losses after a bitter planning saga.

Last November, Goodman firm, Ternary Ltd lodged plans to demolish 47, 48 & 49 Kildare Street and No 1 Nassau Street to make way for a new office development.

Mystery surrounds the ownership of a Dublin 4 house sold last year by Sean and Gayle Dunne ahead of a hearing into plans to build four new homes on the grounds. Niall Murray reports.