Local residents in the Cork village of Watergrasshill have emerged victorious in a planning row over a telecommunications mast located within a few metres of their homes.

Kerry TD Michael Healy Rae is facing further delay over his plans to convert a former pub in Tralee into apartments in the latest chapter in a long-running planning row with some local residents in the north Kerry town.

The houses and apartments will be built at a site at Kilcarbery with 310 of the units earmarked for social housing.

Ambitious goals will attract billions in investment, create thousands of jobs, and regenerate coastal communities, writes David Connolly.

Developers will be forced to ‘use or lose’ large residential construction plans under new laws to be agreed by Cabinet.

Any possible appeal of a planning decision or of the conditions must be made to An Bórd Pleanála within four weeks of the local authority’s decision. It is also open to an applicant to appeal the conditions attached.

Good broadband boosting area’s appeal, writes Brian Moore

Prices are on the rise, but North Cork still offers good value for money, writes Helen Kelleher.

The Tánaiste along with developer Michael O’Flynn says the northside has massive potential.

Several factors define city market, including parents buying for children and foreign demand writes Kevin O’Neill.

Plans for the demolition of a former public toilet and council store near the promenade in Youghal have been approved, despite objections from local residents.

The Newstalk presenter stated today that he is “fully behind” a High Court bid to prevent a mixed use development by the same developer at Bulloch Harbour in another part of Dalkey.

An Bord Pleanála (ABP) has upheld the decision to refuse planning for a permanent building for Cork Educate Together Secondary School, mainly due to concerns about traffic.

The group reviewing the Government's fast-track planning system has criticised the lack of construction on the projects approved under the scheme.

Cork County Council has lodged a number of applications with an Bord Pleanála and the Department of Housing, Planning & Local Government for a €10m project which it hopes will turn the country's most south-westerly island into a major tourist attraction.

A development agreement to construct 800 homes off the North Circular Road is expected to be ready within a fortnight.

The Kildare farmer who has unsuccessfully opposed plans by Intel for a new $4 billion (€3.63bn) facility at the chip giant’s Leixlip plant has lodged a fresh objection against another Intel planning application for the site.

SMALL retail businesses and service providers in Cork can look forward to a markedly more prosperous future as the city progresses through a generation of significant investments.

Property development firm, Thomas Thompson Holdings (TTH) is embroiled in a planning row with a rival property company in Carlow.

Planners have called for local authorities to be given additional powers to ensure that the developers of large-scale housing projects are not merely obtaining planning permission for the purpose of 'flipping' the sites and turning a profit.