THE Gortadroma landfill in West Limerick will have no more space next year at current usage but may have its life span extended by 15 to 20 years, a Bord Pleanála oral hearing in Limerick was told yesterday.

The Taoiseach Enda Kenny has said there is no point in the Environment Minister Phil Hogan meeting objectors to a massive sewage treatment plant in Dublin.

Rulings in favour of people who disregard the vital, democratic, planning process send a worrying message, writes Mary Crowley.

A decision to grant planning permission for a bookmaker’s pemises in a former retail shop in Tralee town centre has been appealed to An Bord Pleanála.

Carrying a similar-sounding name to a top address on the Monopoly board is Cork’s Aylesbury, which is not entirely coincidentally set next to Cork’s Shrewsbury. And, yes, this Aylesbury “with a ‘y’” too is high-end in terms of location, quality and ...pricing.

Cork City Council is to decide by the end of this week whether or not to permit office use at a quayside, outdoors shop to allow an educational authority to expand its offices.

Cork City Council has given the go-ahead for further developments at Apple’s facility on the city’s north side, at Hollyhill.

Cork City Council has confirmed it has received a complaint after the northern stand of Páirc Uí Chaoimh was flattened as part of the stadium’s redevelopment. The demolition had not been listed under the project’s planning permission.

Waste treatment at the Poolbeg incinerator in Dublin has been suspended after an uncontrolled discharge occurred there on Wednesday night that saw 11 people hospitalised.

AS yesterday’s inquiry into one of the most emotive issues facing modern society degenerated into something of a shambles, the cliche ‘it could only happen in Ireland’ became reality.