There are calls for Chinese to be taught at Leaving Cert level in Ireland after yesterday's green light for the Euro-Chinese trading hub in Co Westmeath.

An Taisce, the National Trust, has expressed its concern at the granting of planning permission for the first phase of the Euro Chinese Trading Hub in Co. Westmeath.

An Bord Pleanála has given the green light for the first phase of a massive project in Co Westmeath, it has emerged today.

The Health Minister James Reilly has said Nama had offered 11 different sites for a 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.

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

The refusal of An Bord Pleanála to grant planning permission to build a graveyard and crematorium near the Dublin Mountains is being challenged in the High Court.

The High Court has cleared the way for a legal challenge to An Bord Pleanala's decision to approve planning permission for a largescale retail development in Ballincollig,Co Cork.

By Aodhan O'Faolain and Ray Managh

ACC Bank has told the High Court that it will challenge a ruling yesterday in the Northern Ireland High Court declaring a Co Wicklow businessman a bankrupt.

German retail chain Lidl has secured a High Court order to stop the locks being changed on a Dublin premises where they plan to build a new foodstore.

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

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 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.

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.

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.

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.

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