Cork county councillors are to urge Minister Eoghan Murphy to put more professional planners on the board of the highest planning authority in the country.

Councillors are seeking a test case to be taken against An Bord Pleanála to prevent it from granting planning permission for hundreds of houses, as they claim it will swamp a village which hasn't the infrastructure to cope.

A legal challenge has been mounted against a decision by An Bord Pleanála that a high-voltage underground cable connecting a €21m windfarm in Cavan to the national gird is an exempted development.

CORK County Council may be facing a substantial bill for damages following a landmark ruling against a concrete firm which has been operating a massive facility without planning permission.

Cork County Council is to seek a meeting with Minister Eoghan Murphy amid fears that rural areas could be overrun with new homes after Bord Pleanála asked developers to increase densities.

The roll out of broadband in the North West is facing bad reception in the area.

A new business park has been given permission to go ahead which will increase the industrial capacity of Shannon airport by as much as 50%.

Three schools in the Wicklow town of Greystones have put on hold plans by McDonald’s to build a new fast food outlet there.

The High Court has been asked to review the decision to grant Apple permission to build an €850m data centre in Galway.

THE Irish Doctors’ Environmental Association unreservedly condemns the decision by An Bord Pleanála to site a toxic waste incinerator in Ringsakiddy.

FEELINGS are running high in west Clare over the proposed construction of a €10 million wind farm, amid claims posters opposing the development have been taken down.

Only 34% of IDA funding has gone to projects outside of Dublin and Cork (whereas the Government edict requires 50%). That means 66% was granted to Dublin and Cork, but how does that divide between them?

An Bord Pleanala is to hold an oral hearing after objections to plans for a major sports and leisure development in north Tipperary.

Plans for a large, new housing estate a short distance outside Riverstick have been blocked amid concern that the development would be out of character with the village.

A campaign against a sludge plant on the River Blackwater in east Cork accepting hazardous waste was justified following a Bord Pleanála ruling, a community action group has said.

The €200m Corrib Gas Field project was tonight approved by An Bord Pleanala.

A CONTROVERSIAL €20 million superdump on the Cork/Limerick border is earmarked for a Bord Pleanála oral hearing.