Ryanair, announced today that it has applied for a judicial review of An Bord Pleanála’s decision upholding planning permission for a €800m second terminal in Dublin Airport.

ONE of the country’s largest private waste-disposal firms has resubmitted plans for a super dump to Cork County Council.

THE path looks clear for Cork’s new €150 million concert venue to proceed in the city centre as developer Owen O’Callaghan is ending his rival bid for a docklands venue.

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.

AN Bord Pleanála has refused planning permission for a multi-million euro power station in Cork, much to the delight of local residents.

Plans for a housing development in Castlemartyr have been rejected because of the inadequacy of wastewater treatment facilities in the East Cork village.

HOPES were voiced yesterday that there would be no further delays in going ahead with a €500 million natural gas-fired energy project in Tarbert, Co Kerry.

Indaver, which was previously refused planning permission for an incinerator in Cork Harbour, is to lodge another application next week for a €160m incinerator in Ringaskiddy.

The way is now clear for Intel to get the go-ahead for its planned $4bn (€3.53bn) manufacturing fabrication (FAB) facility at its Leixlip plant from Kildare County Council.

An Taisce and Friends of the Irish Environment have lost their appeal against President Mary McAleese’s plans to build a holiday home in a scenic area in Co Roscommon.

CONCERNS were raised yesterday about health and safety aspects of a €400 million gas terminal to be built on a site between Tarbert and Ballylongford, on the Kerry bank of the Shannon Estuary.

Kerry TD Michael Healy Rae is facing further delay over his plans to convert a former pub in Tralee into apartments in the latest chapter in a long-running planning row with some local residents in the north Kerry town.

A SOLE objector has succeeded in halting a massive €40 million commercial and retail development in Limerick city centre which would have given work to 600 people.

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%.