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.

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

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.

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?

THE country’s largest private waste collector claimed yesterday that a decision by Bord Pleanála to turn down its plans for a controversial €20 million superdump would only compound the waste crisis facing the Munster region.

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.

YESTERDAY’S ruling by An Bórd Pleanála against a toxic waste incinerator proposed for Cork harbour may deter some investors but the fact that it took ten years to reach this point may deter even more.

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.

Plans for a major clean-up at a toxic dump in Cork harbour are to be the subject of a Bord Pleanála oral hearing.

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.

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.