In the second of a two-part series, planning issues and systems are examined By Caroline O'Doherty.

In our country we still have places that bear no evidence of disturbance by man, that are in their pristine state and rich with all the elements that feed the spirit and deliver us into the world beyond the skin of the time and circumstances we live in.

Planning permission has been granted for the development of an apartment complex on the site of a well-known former pub in Cork city, despite objections from a number of local residents including a city councillor.

There have been calls for City Hall to help “mend the hurt” caused by a complex and at times bitter 12-year planning saga over the future of a green in Cork City.

THE body that represents almost 1,000 businesses in Cork has called on the incoming Government to adopt its pro-business proposals and introduce sweeping reforms to secure jobs and competitiveness.

Construction industry experts have slammed the poor delivery of major public infrastructure in the southern region.

A major boost to housing stock on the northside of Cork city is in the pipeline under plans that will see hundreds of homes built in Ballyvolane.

The regeneration of Cork’s docklands has stepped up another gear with work underway on a €125m office block on the northern quays which will be able to accommodate more than 2,250 workers by mid-2020.

Severe traffic delays, already a feature of Mallow, Co Cork, look set to get worse following a decision by the NRA not to provide funding for urgent works to the town’s main roundabout.

People thought he was mad when he announced plans in 2004 to stage a series of summer concerts, by some of the world’s biggest stars, in a large tent in Cork’s docklands.

A development company in Nama has objected to a massive office block project in Cork City which has the potential to deliver 2,000 jobs.