An Bord Pleanála has been refused leave to appeal a High Court decision quashing approval for a 197-unit strategic infrastructure residential development in Bearna, Co Galway.

Funding of €6.5 million for the cycleways is being supplemented by an increase in the local property tax.

Bord na Móna and the ESB are battling to secure planning permission for a large-scale solar farm that will have the capacity to power 30% of all households in Co Kildare each year.

An Bórd Pleanála is set to make a key decision within days which will determine the timeline for delivery of Cork’s first flood defences.

A 17-storey apartment complex in Cork city has been approved by An Bord Pleanála despite recommendations from planners at Cork City Council that it be refused, it has emerged.

The owner of Tayto Park said that his proposed new €15.5m rollercoaster won’t be heard by neighbours.

Resourcing our judiciary is necessary to arrive at a planning system that is fit for purpose, one that can deliver major investment and infrastructural projects, writes Sean Finlay

The screams by passengers on Tayto Park’s planned new €15.5 million rollercoaster won’t impact on nearby residents.

An Bord Pleanála has approved the construction of a 17-storey apartment block in Cork city centre.

A business group in Dublin’s Docklands has questioned whether a €320m project by Dublin Port Company (DPC) to double its capacity is in the interests of businesses and residents.

Last week, en route to La Gomera in the Canary Islands, I decide to stop off in Tenerife and take the 1.2km cable car ride to the top of Mount Teide, 3,660m above sea level. Cable cars are invariably an exciting way to travel.

Plans for a massive €1.25bn redevelopment in Dublin’s O’Connell Street were delayed again today after planners postponed a decision on whether it can go ahead.

An Bord Pleanála is due to begin an oral hearing today into some of the outstanding planning issues related to Shell's controversial Corrib gas project.

An Bord Pleanála has granted planning permission for a co-located private hospital on the grounds of Cork University Hospital.

The company responsible for running Cork's ports today reported an increase in turnover for the year 2008 of 5.5% to €26.3m, with pre-tax profits of €4.1m.

Local protestors will today seek a deferral of the oral hearing into the incinerator proposed for Ringaskiddy in Cork.

Planning corruption in the 1980s and 1990s has left hundreds of thousands of victims in its wake, it was claimed today.

The local authorities have given approval for a planned €2bn town-centre development in Bray, Co Wicklow.

The ESB should start developing local power in Connemara rather than littering it with pylons, it was claimed today.

Plans by Westlife star Shane Filan to build a nursing home in Sligo have been given the green light.