EirGrid said it hopes to provide mitigation measures to ease disruption during the works.

Separate planning application for a new fertiliser plant is currently being assessed

Planners said the proposal would result in “a visually obtrusive development”

Chair of the M28 Steering Group, Ger Harrington, said it was a devastating blow but that the community would accept it. "We left nothing out on the pitch, we fought the good fight, and exercised our constitutional right."

Patricia Kenny’s case was the proposed development required an Environmental Impact Assessment

Council officials have prepared a submission for An Bord Pleanála on proposals to build 22 wind turbines in the Nagle mountains, bordering on communities in Ballyhooly, Glenville and Killavullen

Lawyers acting on behalf of a US-based Kerry developer — who is charged, inter alia, with embezzlement from employee benefit funds — have filed a pre-trial motion seeking to dismiss some of the charges against him, his sister, and a company employee.

The State has made a commitment to increase its electricity generated from renewable energy to 70% by 2030, but the conflict between development and conservation, landowners and residents, is one that is being replicated across rural Ireland, writes Michael Clifford

Residents had raised concerns about the potential loss of light and views

The proposed €4m five-storey development will also include an art house on the ground floor consisting of a cinema and performing arts space as well as a café/bar.

When the Munster Technological University (MTU) was formally established the Cork region could, if it were boastful, brag that it was home to a second university.  This is a concentration of opportunity and expertise unimaginable half a lifetime ago.

The judge said that the fact that An Bord Pleanála had not made an exception for the woman did not make its decision unlawful.

Business, sport and community organisations say the bypass is not justified

A working group is being set up by Cork City Council to consider issues which have arisen for the local authority following the publication of the mother and baby homes report.

Former professional cyclist, Seán Kelly has emerged victorious in a planning row with his local council about changes made at his family home in Co. Waterford which will facilitate the proposed sale of the property.

Representatives of the hotel sector have welcomed the decision, which would have converted nearly 40% of the student beds at the Lee Point complex on South Main St into tourist accommodation

Local residents' association has said staging of concerts would have a negative impact on the area in terms of traffic congestion, noise and anti-social behaviour

Site is set to be redeveloped into a 34-storey hotel and retail development

A decision is still pending on a separate planning application for 179 residential units on another part of the Bessborough lands.

Blackwater Wind Aware claims the development will have a devastating impact on the region – economically, socially and personally