Fencing at the centre of a long-running dispute between some landowners on Fenit Island, Co Kerry, and local people, is not exempted from requiring planning permission, An Bord Pleanála has ruled.

Supermacs has been told it has to remove its signage and change its shopfront in Temple Bar in Dublin.

BY all means put hundreds of wind farms offshore where they are at least efficient, but do not ruin Ireland by siting ten here and ten there.

Developers are reportedly seeking permission for more than 50 major infrastructural projects under a new fast-track process designed to bypass the normal planning system.

A PROPOSAL by a Killarney hotel to demolish 108 bedrooms and, instead, build shops and restaurants has been turned down by An Bord Pleanála.

DEVELOPMENT and infrastructure in Cork is being stifled by the National Roads Authority (NRA) and Government agency inaction – at a time while Dublin is poised for infrastructure developments like Metro North and the DART underground which could cost billions.

A GROUP of landowners are considering seeking a judicial review after An Bord Pleanála overturned its own inspector’s report and allowed a hunt club to build kennels for a pack of beagles in an area known for its sheep farming.

PROPOSALS to build a €14 million super dump which would have taken 1.5 million tonnes of waste have been turned down by An Bord Pleanála.

The thumbs down has been given to a district heating system capable of providing cheaper hot water for 5,000 homes in Killarney.

U2 rocker The Edge yesterday lost his High Court bid to quash a decision of An Bord Pleanala refusing him planning permission for a major extension at his home at Sorrento Cottage, in Dalkey, Co Dublin.

The gloves are off in the supermarket planning wars involving the UK’s Tesco and German discounter Lidl.

FEARS are growing that work on the long-awaited Waterford to Kilcullen route could be delayed.

A PUBLIC hearing is to be held to examine a planned €460 million casino and leisure development for Co Tipperary.