The Port of Cork has reported an increase in turnover for the year ending 2007 to a record €24.9m.

An Bord Pleanala have granted planning permission for the development at the Clarence Hotel in Dublin

An Bord Pleanála has refused permission for a bio-fuel production plant in Co Tipperary.

An Bord Pleanala has reportedly received 87 submissions supporting plans by Sean Dunne to build a high-rise development in the Ballsbridge area of south Dublin.

Cork will among 10 port authority companies who will be allowed to expand outside their own harbour under new legislation proposed by the Minister for Transport Noel Dempsey.

More than 1000 tractors today took part in a massive protest against plans by electricity giant EirGrid to construct a power line corridor in the north-east.

An Bord Pleanála has refused permission for an incinerator in Rathcoole, Co Dublin, on the grounds that it would constitute an unacceptable risk of pollution.

An Taisce, the National Trust for Ireland, has today welcomed An Bord Pleanála's refusal of plans for a controversial bypass around Slane village.

The Minister for Health Dr James Reilly has said the group tasked with examining options for the new National Children's Hospital will report back to him on May 2.

An Bord Pleanala has refused planning permission for the Slane bypass in Co Meath.

The Minister for Health James Reilly has said he has ruled nothing out in terms of a location for the new National Children's Hospital, including building on a greenfield site.

The proposed National Children's Hospital will be up for discussion once again at today's weekly cabinet meeting.

New evidence has revealed underground electricity cables running through a seaside town could increase the risk of childhood leukaemia, campaigners claimed today.

A consortium of hospitals in Dublin has come together to support revised plans at the Mater hospital site for a new National Children's Hospital.

Representatives of three Dublin hospitals are to re-launch their plan to build the National Children's Hospital at the Mater site.

Health Minister Dr James Reilly said today that he understands that people want some certainty about the future of the National Children's Hospital project.

City and county councils are biased in favour of granting planning permission to developments due to the revenues completed projects bring in, a new report concludes.

Donegal has the worst planning record in the country, An Taisce has claimed.

Health Minister James Reilly has announced the make-up of the review group to consider the decision of an Bord Pleanála to refuse planning permission for the National Children's Hospital.

It is hoped that more than 200 construction jobs will be created in Dublin thanks to the re-development of Liberty Hall.