The developers of the beleaguered €80m Cork event centre hope to contact the woman who lodged a last-minute appeal with An Bórd Pleanála to see if her concerns can be addressed.

The company is currently meeting with employees from West Offaly and Longford's Lough Ree power stations to inform them of the plan for the closure of the stations.

The Department of Education is considering its next steps in regards to a permanent building for Cork Educate Together Secondary School after the decision to refuse planning was upheld.

The development of the site beside St Anne's Park led to protests by locals last year.

Climate Action Minister Richard Bruton is travelling to the Midlands today along with Finance Minister Paschal Donohoe, Heritage Minister Josepha Madigan and Minister of State for the OPW, Kevin Boxer Moran.

The future of a tourist attraction in Killarney is uncertain after its owners failed to secure planning permission for the venue.

Energy company SSE has suffered a major setback to its plans to develop an oil-fired power generation plant outside Duleek, Co Meath, after the project was refused planning permission because of its impact on greenhouse gas emissions.

Plans for 1,100 apartments on a key site in Cork’s south docks are in the pipeline, it has emerged.

An exciting portfolio of works is underway, writes Kevin O’Neill.

The new €50m State funding package for the beleaguered Cork event centre project is facing a High Court legal challenge.

Three separate High Court challenges are being brought against planning permission for 161 apartments and townhouses on part of a GAA grounds in south Dublin.

Bord na Móna workers are protesting in Co Offaly this afternoon, saying the government's failing to deliver good quality replacement jobs under a "just transition" away from fossil fuels.

A decision by An Bord Pleanala to grant planning permission for a proposed electricity generating solar farm in Co Cork has been overturned by the High Court.

Planning permission has been granted for a large solar farm around 1.7km outside Cobh, despite the objections of some local residents.

An elegant, Victorian house in Sunday’s Well with oodles of space has a key ingredient — parking, says Tommy Barker

Planning permission has been granted for a new school in a village in Cork, despite objections from the State body in charge of inland fisheries which claimed it could result in pollution of local rivers.

Building upward is an important part of the drive to make Irish cities livable, writes Sarah Thatt-Foley

Cork is on the up with €400m worth of tall building developments proposed for the city in the next few years, writes Kevin O’Neill

"(This) will allow us to reach people who are currently isolated and vulnerable, offering them vital healthcare and treatment options."

The company behind a plan to build hundreds of flats on the site of the Chivers jam factory in Dublin have asked to increase the size of the project.