TOP officials from the GAA and members of a local club whose grounds are under threat will make presentations to an oral hearing which begins today.

MORE than 100 objections are expected to be lodged with Bord Pleanála against the new Waterford to Kilcullen dual carriageway.

CORK County Manager Maurice Moloney maintained yesterday that a €200 million O’Flynn Construction project at Dunkettle could not be completed until road improvements are carried out in the area.

THE GAELIC Players Association has reacted angrily to “underhand” moves by GAA chiefs to lure players into a new official players’ body.

A €100 MILLION business and retail park in Cork has been given the go-ahead, subject to conditions, by An Bord Pleanála.

RESIDENTS in West Waterford say they will take whatever legal steps necessary to prevent a waste management company developing a plant in their area.

THE Irish Doctors’ Environmental Association unreservedly condemns the decision by An Bord Pleanála to site a toxic waste incinerator in Ringsakiddy.

BILLIONAIRE financier Dermot Desmond is celebrating the success of yet another daring venture - he got planning permission for a dumb waiter.

A NEW national conference centre could inject up to €50 million into the economy, Tourism Minister John O'Donoghue said yesterday.

AN BORD Pleanála yesterday gave the go-ahead to a controversial landfill in east Galway despite strong local community objections.

APPROVAL has been granted for a controversial section of motorway to run through a historic battlefield site tagged Ireland’s Gettysburg.

MY God, what an effective Taoiseach and Government we have.

THERE are 300,000 "ghost voters" on the electoral register, because the system is an "appalling mess", Environment Minister Dick Roche, has admitted.

DEVELOPER Jim Mansfield’s €50 million West Dublin scheme is back on track.

WATERFORD County Council’s controversial proposal to develop a major landfill has passed the crucial final planning stage following a four-year bitter battle.

AN BÓRD PLEANÁLA yesterday denied it had compromised its independence by meeting with members of the Corrib gas consortium before the controversial project was given final planning approval.

THE board of management of a national school has objected to a multi-million euro housing development because it would not be able to cope with the surge in extra children.

THE company planning to build the country’s first toxic waste incinerator at Ringaskiddy in Co Cork yesterday said Defence Minister Willie O’Dea should leave the matter to the State and judicial agencies responsible for it.

OBJECTORS to the country’s first household waste incinerator are to continue their fight in the courts after An Bord Pleanála cleared the construction of the facility yesterday.

A BORD PLEANÁLA decision to approve plans for 600 homes in Passage West in Cork despite being urged by one of its own inspectors to refuse permission will lead to traffic congestion, locals warned last night.