Shell Ireland has officially applied to the Government for permission to operate the controversial pipeline from the Corrib gas field off the coast of Mayo.

IN 2003, as the property market began to accelerate, a house and site on the Well Road, Douglas, Cork, went on the market at offers in excess of €500,000.

The board of the National Children's Hospital has said the provision of fire sprinkler protection measures in the new hospital will exceed the number that is set out within fire safety legislation.

Fair City is on the move — but not without the accustomed controversy.

PLANNING permission was granted yesterday for a co-located private hospital on the grounds of the Mid-West Regional Hospital in Limerick.

MORE than 5,000 permanent jobs would be created if the 37-storey tower building proposed by property developer Sean Dunne gets the go-ahead, a Bord Pleanála oral hearing was told yesterday.

A MASSIVE temporary car park which will service people travelling to and from the Ryder Cup has been given planning permission despite objections from locals who fear it will lead to increased traffic volumes and who argue a more suitable site might have been found.

The appeals board has given Pat Crean’s Marlet Group the green light in spite of strong local opposition against the plan.

A Co Waterford community, fighting against a proposed wind farm, has sent protest letters and a video message to a German energy company behind the project.

A group of Cork residents have not ruled out appealing the High Court’s decision to dismiss their challenge to the approval granted to a proposed motorway between Cork and Ringaskiddy.