AN oral hearing is to be held by An Bord Pleanála next month into the controversial €54m incinerators planned for Cork Harbour.

AMBITIOUS but scaled-down plans to redevelop Cork’s landmark Capitol Cinema site have been given the green light.

CORK county manager Martin Riordan has described last Monday’s protest sit-in at County Hall as “disgraceful and unnecessary”.

CONTROVERSIAL plans to co-locate public and private hospitals at six sites around the country are not likely to be affected by budget changes to capital allowance schemes.

OVER a dozen planned public transport projects have been postponed as a result of cutbacks totalling more than €500 million introduced by the Government since last October’s budget.

THE taxpayer could be facing a e4 million legal bill because of a standoff between two state bodies in Cork over land.

MUNSTER Branch officials hope Cork City Council reconsider a decision to vote against the rezoning of lands inside Musgrave Park, the sale of which was to assist in the redevelopment of a new stadium.

A NEW €2 million city centre market, which will open in Limerick within a year, will be on a scale not seen in this country before, it was predicted yesterday.

DUBLIN’S metro system could be fully operational by 2015 if planning permission for the e5 billion project is granted this year.

I WOULD like to appeal to An Bord Pleanála, the EPA, the State and Indaver to forgo any temptation to seek costs from the concerned Cork citizens and their organisations who have so valiantly worked to protect their environment from an incinerator in Ringaskiddy.

UP TO 1,200 jobs for Waterford have been promised by the backers of a huge urban development, which was yesterday given permission by An Bord Pleanála.

CAMPAIGNERS fighting plans for the country’s first toxic waste incinerator have pleaded with the Government not to pursue them for substantial legal costs following what they called a “devastating” court ruling.

AN Bord Pleanála has deferred until January 30 a decision on a massive €250 million shopping development for Tralee.

LEGAL proceedings challenging the proposed development of a €500 million gas terminal near Tarbert in Co Kerry began in the High Court yesterday.

WATERFORD is losing out on almost €1.4 million in salaries monthly because of a planning delay in relation to a proposed construction project in the city.

AN Bord Pleanála has refused planning permission for a revolving advertising sign at a busy junction in Tralee because it would create a traffic hazard.

THE future of Seán Dunne’s business empire remains uncertain after An Bord Pleanála (ABP) yesterday refused planning permission for the property developer’s high-rise development at the former Jury’s Berkeley Court site in Ballsbridge.

Visionary or misguided, the €1.5bn plans for Ballsbridge are dead in the water, writes Seán McCárthaigh.

PLANS for a private hospital in the grounds of a Limerick hospital face further delays following An Bord Pleanála’s decision to reinstate an appeal originally deemed to be invalid.

A DECISION by An Bord Pleanála to grant planning permission for a cafe on the Great Blasket Island opens the way for the purchase of the island by the Government.