The final go-ahead was today given for the country’s second waste incinerator.

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) plans to grant the licence for a controversial waste incinerator on Dublin's Poolbeg peninsula, it announced today.

The controversial Poolbeg Incinerator has been given the green light.

Environmentalists today vowed to take their fight to Europe after An Bord Pleanala approved the controversial M3 motorway through 2000-year-old newly discovered ruins at the Hill of Tara.

Newly discovered 2000-year-old ruins at the ancient Hill of Tara must be fully preserved because of their unique size and character, a US academic today said.

The Swedish furniture retailer IKEA has reportedly offered to pay the cost of speeding up roadworks on the M50 motorway in Dublin.

Dublin Chamber of Commerce has welcomed the announcement that IKEA has been granted permission to build a store in Ballymun.

An Bord Pleanála has given the go-ahead for the construction of a massive IKEA outlet in the Ballymun area of north Dublin.

Marks & Spencer could be moving to more than one location in Limerick in two years time.

Tánaiste Michael McDowell, has said the PDs will not take part in any future Government that supports the controversial incinerator planned for his Dublin constituency.

An oral hearing into the proposed Poolbeg incinerator in the Ringsend area of Dublin is getting underway in the capital today.

Local residents have today been outlining their objections to the second terminal proposed for Dublin Airport at an oral hearing being held by An Bord Pleanála.

Budget airline Ryanair has today called on An Bord Pleanala to reject the DAA’s plans for a second terminal at Dublin Airport.

The fallout from the General Election’s TV debate today injected new venom between political rivals in the final days of the campaign.

Two local residents have withdrawn their legal challenge against the decision giving the go ahead to the €365m redevelopment of Lansdowne Road Stadium.

There is controversy in Co Galway over plans for a €300m gas powered electricity generating plant.

Developers are reportedly seeking permission for more than 50 major infrastructural projects under a new fast-track process designed to bypass the normal planning system.

An Bord Pleanala has granted permission for a €300m marina development in Greystone, Co Wicklow.

The Flood Tribunal has been told that builders Brennan and McGowan have corrected evidence given earlier to Justice Flood.

The long-running Eircom Park saga has taken a fresh twist this afternoon.