An Bord Pleanála has granted permission for a crucial 40-acre expansion at Intel in Leixlip, which it is hoped could create thousands of jobs.

Dublin City Council will have to await the outcome of a major legal challenge to its proposed €270m Ringsend scheme to pipe the waste products of about 1.8 million people into the heart of Dublin Bay.

A High Court challenge has been brought against the planning authorities decision to give the go ahead for a retail development in Cork City.

Taoiseach Enda Kenny has today insisted that another independent report into the location of the new National Children's Hospital has not been commissioned.

It has been reported a former Dublin city manager has been approached as part of the process of choosing a site for the National Children's Hospital.

The Taoiseach, Tánaiste and Health Minister have yet to meet to discuss the location of the new National Children's Hospital.

Irish planning authorities have given the go-ahead for a new bridge to be built at Narrow Water between Co Louth and Co Down.

Health Minister Dr James Reilly has been told that he needs to make a decision on where build the new National Children's Hospital.

Mayo County Council has approved plans to construct a terminal for the Corrib gas field project in Bellanaboy, Co Mayo.

An Bórd Pleanála has approved planning permission for a controversial new motorway between the towns of Clonee and Kells in Co Meath.

An Bord Pleanala has approved controversial plans to build up to 10,000 new houses and apartments in the Adamstown area of west Dublin.

The development of up to 10,000 houses and apartments at the Adamstown site in west Dublin has been approved by An Bord Pleanála.

Anti-incinerator campaigners have launched a legal challenge to the decision to grant planning permission for a toxic waste incinerator in Ringaskiddy, Co Cork.

An Bórd Pleanála has given the green light for Cork County Council to build a 250-acre dump in Bottlehill, North Cork.

An Bórd Pleanala has reportedly rejected U2's efforts to get taxpayers to foot the bill for their unsuccessful attempt to save their Dublin docklands studio from demolition.

An Bord Pleanála has approved plans to build luxury accommodation, cottages, a clubhouse and a shop at the Doonbeg golf course in west Clare.

A legal challenge to the construction of a hazardous waste incinerator in Cork Harbour has been adjourned for three weeks by the High Court in Dublin.

An Bord Pleanala has given the green light to a controversial €115m commercial and housing development just outside Nenagh, Co Tipperary.

A group of activists from the Cork Harbour area are due to seek permission today to launch a legal challenge against a planned hazardous waste incinerator in Ringaskiddy.

The Green Party has called for an inter-departmental review to investigate why a wind farm project was allowed to go ahead in the Derrybrien area of Co Galway.