A group advocating the provision of a Children's Hospital at the Mater site in Dublin has said it is shocked the development will not go ahead.

Tánaiste Eamon Gilmore has vowed that a new National Children's Hospital will be built despite An Bord Pleanála's rejection of planning permission for the Mater site in Dublin.

Plans for the new dedicated children’s hospital in Dublin have been refused, it has been confirmed.

The Cabinet will today consider the implications of An Bord Pleanala's decision to reject planning permission for the new National Children's Hospital.

Children's Hospital development board member, businesswoman Norah Casey, has repeated the Mater Hospital site as the best location for the new facility.

Minister for Health Dr James Reilly said today that the Government will make a decision on the location of the new National Children's Hospital in a matter of weeks.

Co-location must remain the top priority in deciding the site for the new National Children's Hospital, according to one of the country's top consultant cardiologists.

The link-up of the red and green LUAS lines in Dublin has been approved by An Bord Pleanála.

An Taisce and Friends of the Irish Environment have lost their appeal against President Mary McAleese’s plans to build a holiday home in a scenic area in Co Roscommon.

An Bórd Pleanála has rejected an appeal from environmentalists against the construction of a peat-fired ESB power station in Shannonbridge, Co Offaly.

An Bord Pleanala has rejected an appeal by Friends of the Irish Environment against the construction of a peat-fired ESB power station in Lanesboro, Co Longford.

An Bord Pleanala has approved the construction of a controversial toll plaza on the Drogheda by-pass in Co Meath.

An oral hearing by An Bord Pleanala into the granting of planning permission for an onshore gas terminal in Co Mayo has begun.

An Bord Pleanala will begin to hear an appeal today into the location of an onshore gas terminal in Co Mayo.

The Dublin Docklands Development Authority says U2’s Dublin recording studios are not worth retaining and have to be demolished to make way for a public walkway.

An Bord Pleanala has postponed its ruling on a controversial waste incinerator planned for Co Meath.

An Bord Pleanala has paved the way for the final phase of redevelopment at Croke Park, the GAA's flagship stadium in Dublin.

People challenging planning applications to An Bórd Pleanála are facing higher costs.

Fianna Fáil TDs and senators from the western region have agreed to ask Enterprise Energy Ireland to re-apply for planning permission to build an onshore gas terminal in Co Mayo.

Plans to bring natural gas from the newly-discovered Co Mayo Corrib field are to be further delayed until fears over the safety of a €150m terminal can be put to rest.