A proposal for almost 240 new homes in Cobh has been approved by An Bord Pleanála.

A Waterford architect has pointed to a ‘chicken and egg’ situation within rural planning guidelines which is causing applications for local housing schemes to be rejected.

The developer behind plans to build student apartments overlooking the Lough in Cork city has applied to An Bord Pleanála to further increase the size of the development.

An environmental group has lost its Supreme Court appeal over An Bord Pleanála's refusal to decide whether peat extraction works on some 410 acres in Co Westmeath require planning permission.

The developers of a new housing and apartment complex in Limerick may have to make special arrangements to accommodate a single, roosting, pipistrelle bat.

Former Fine Gael TD, Mary Mitchell O’Connor added her voice behind the bid to stop the development from proceeding.

Cork City Council has issued a tender document calling for a design and delivery team for the €5 million re-development of the Monahan Road.

Klaus Balz and Hanna Heubach brought the judicial review challenge over their concerns about the impact of the proposed 11-turbine development by Cleanrath Wind Farm Ltd close to their home at Bear na Gaoithe, where they operate a horticultural business.

The Dublin Cycling Campaign has secured leave for judicial review of a decision granting permission for 761 build to rent apartments at the rear of Dublin's Connolly Station.

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has been asked not to allow the plans for a liquefied natural gas terminal on the Shannon Estuary in Kerry to form part of the discussions for the programme for Government with the Greens.

The appeals board has granted planning permission to Cork company, Longview Estates Ltd

Plans for a five-storey hotel to replace a prominent petrol station on Muckross Rd — Killarney’s ‘Golden Mile’ — have been turned down by An Bord Pleanála.

Plans to revamp the former Moore’s Hotel in Cork city have been hit with a delay.

The TD Michael Healy Rae has been refused permission for the conversion of the ground floor of a pub in Tralee to rental apartments.

An Bórd Pleanála has approved a €6m public realm upgrade of historic Cork city quays which includes flood defences, saying it will deliver significant benefits for the city.

A leading Munster-based hotel group is to try and reverse a decision that halted its plans for a €50m five-star facility that would mark its entry into the Dublin market.

Political and education leaders in east Cork have urged the Government to follow through on a long-mooted secondary school campus for Carrigtwohill after the state planning board gave it the green light.

An Taisce has lodged an objection with An Bord Pleanála against a multi-million euro plan to create a plant in north Cork which will inject farm-produced gas into the national network.

Plans for more than 160 homes in a new housing estate on the northside of Cork city have been unveiled.

An Bord Pleanála has overruled its own inspector and granted planning permission for a development of a student apartment complex in Victoria Cross in Cork city.