A LOCAL authority has been accused by An Bord Pleanála of putting major road developments at risk.

PEOPLE living in one of the worst affected areas of the Newcastle West floods are calling on Limerick County Council to review a decision to grant planning permission for a leading housing development for lands that were flooded.

MANAGEMENT at the Port of Cork will have to wait a little longer to find out if they can proceed with a new €226 million container terminal, after An Bord Pleanála postponed a decision due yesterday.

PROMOTERS of a bio-energy plant which would be located close to champion trainer Aidan O’Brien’s south Tipperary base will have to wait until late July for a planning decision.

A MOVE to allow some cash-strapped Kerry golf clubs to build holiday homes on courses has been stymied by the local authority.

THE O2 mobile phone company yesterday apologised to taxi drivers in Tralee for twice cutting off services at peak taxi business times recently.

LOCAL residents in the Dublin suburb of Rathcoole have vowed to oppose plans by a US waste management company to build a waste treatment plant close to the main N7 route.

BIOLLIONAIRE businessman Seán Quinn is hoping for clearance for his proposed €300m power station in Co Louth this week.

A GROUP representing rural householders is to tell an Oireachtas committee tomorrow it believes thousands of decisions made by Bord Pleanála may be illegal.

PLANS for one of the state’s biggest co-located hospitals suffered a setback last night.

In our continuing series where readers get to grill senior politicians on issues of the day, the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources, Eamon Ryan, jumps into the hot seat.

A YOUNG father has slated the planning process after Bórd Pleanala over-ruled one of its senior inspectors and rejected a simple house extension.

A LONG-AWAITED €8m pier planned for Cromane, Co Kerry, is in the hands of An Bord Pleanála.

A CIRCUIT court judge described a planning dispute between two brothers as “one of the more upsetting cases” he has ever had to deal with.

A LOCAL authority has laid down strict conditions after granting planning permission to a property developer for a helicopter pad near his home.

WHILE all those involved in the Killala community wind farm project in Co Mayo may be disappointed by the decision of An Bórd Pleanála to refuse permission, perhaps some day the residents there will realise what a lucky escape they have had.

BONO has received approval for a €150 million remodelling of his Dublin hotel that will triple the property’s size and top it with a panoramic glass bar.

DROGHEDA UNITED’S plans to build a new stadium in Co Meath suffered a planning setback last night.

LONG-RUNNING plans to provide a cafe and other services on Great Blasket island will be the subject of a Bord Pleanála hearing in Dingle next month.

SERIAL objectors to planning applications in Waterford have been urged to look at the bigger picture as the city faces a downturn in construction.