A dedicated office is urgently needed to stop the malicious destruction of important historical and architectural buildings in Dublin, a former Lord Mayor is warning.

An Bórd Pleanála has approved plans for a 280-bed student apartment complex in Cork city with a raft of conditions including one to protect an important view of the city’s landmark St Fin Barre’s Cathedral.

Dublin City Council is investigating the circumstances around the demolition of the home of Michael Joseph ‘The’ O’Rahilly to make way for luxury apartments

Ambitious plans for almost 300 homes on a strategic state-owned landbank in Cork city are still on track despite An Bórd Pleanála saying the plan needs more work.

O'Rahilly House at 40 Herbert Park in Ballsbridge was bulldozed early on Tuesday morning to make way for luxury apartments.

Imported timber will start arriving from Scotland shortly just to keep sawmills operating

Nursing home and a local resident oppose the plans 

US President Donald Trump has recorded $63. 6 million (€54. 6m) in losses on his Scottish and Irish golf courses. The losses were revealed . Trump Golf Resort in Doonbeg Co.

Members of a Cork community encircled by wind farms “in a 360-degree radius” have lodged an appeal against a planning decision on seven turbines near picturesque Gougane Barra, just as news emerged of another 12 planned nearby.

An Bord Pleanála has given the green light for the development of 123 apartments in Ballincollig on the outskirts of Cork city.

A High Court judge has refused An Bord Pleanála leave to appeal a court decision which saw a Kerry couple win a legal challenge over the use of a laneway beside their Kerry home.

Some 150 new houses are proposed for Blarney by developer Eoin Sheehan, and a further 113 are proposed for Ballincollig by Stonecrest Construction Limited

An Bord Pleanála has given the green light to Cairn Homes for their contentious €338m apartment complex plan for former RTÉ lands at Montrose in Dublin 4.

Planning has been granted for the redevelopment of the Moore's Hotel in Cork city centre.

A High Court judge has refused to ask the Court of Justice of the EU to decide whether the European Commission's inclusion of the proposed €500m Shannon LNG project in a list of EU Projects of Common Interest (PCI) was valid.

Ireland will miss its 2030 climate targets because of a "broken planning system", a new report has warned. A target of 70% renewable electricity within the next decade will not be reached unless immediate action is taken.

A popular Cork bar is not operating in line with its planning permissions, An Bord Pleanála has determined.

Fianna Fáil councillor Ann Marie Ahern was so frustrated by the delay she proposed there was no point in rezoning more land for housing

The case will now reopen in the Irish High court for it to apply the interpretation

Plans for two key bike lanes will come before Cork City Council for approval next week.