FRESH new house designs, but a return to an architectural feature from the past, the stair return, distinguish the new homes launched this weekend in The Beeches, Woodville, a mile from the Jack Lynch Tunnel in Cork.

A RADICAL approach by Limerick County Council to reduce one-off housing in rural areas has received a major set back on its first test.

THE Moriarty Tribunal yesterday gave details of its latest probe into possible links between former Taoiseach Charles J Haughey and the private sale of State lands in Wicklow to the Roadstone company.

The iconic Panti Bliss sign has been given a new lease of life thanks to an appeal by the bar-owner Panti Bliss.

The High Court has been asked to review the decision to grant Apple permission to build an €850m data centre in Galway.

ESB and Coillte are pleased to announce that funding has been secured for the Castlepook Wind Farm project in Co Cork.

Bord na Mona workers who fear they may lose their jobs want an urgent meeting with the Environment Minister, Denis Naughten.

Latest: An expert witness for Indaver Ireland has said Ringaskiddy and not Bottlehill is the appropriate site for an incinerator, writes Catherine Shanahan of the Irish Examiner.

Latest: Archaeologist Avril Purcell said there were no recorded monuments listed in the Record of Monuments and Places within the proposed development site for an incinerator in Ringaskiddy, Co Cork, writes Catherine Shanahan.

Apple has been granted planning permission for its major Hollyhill expansion proposal, clearing the way for the creation of 1,000 extra jobs, writes Gordon Deegan.

Ireland's first Center Parcs holiday resort has been given final approval by planners.

Center Parcs' plan to build a holiday village in Co. Longford has got approval from An Bord Pleanála.

There was a 9% increase in the number of planning applications An Bord Pleanála received last year.

Another autumn of discontent awaits college students as the scramble for scarcer and dearer accommodation is tougher than in any of the last 10 years writes Niall Murray.

Donal Óg Cusack has abandoned his current plans to build his dream home out on the outskirts of his homeplace in Cork writes Gordan Deegan.

Some Vodafone customers in Dublin could face the loss of 3G, 4G and data services after the company was ordered to remove aerials in the area.

A new town, built around a railway station, schools, shops and other infrastructure, has been given the go-ahead in Co Cork.

CORK County Council planning officials have been urged not to force biofuel industries to locate in urban areas or ports.

THE members of An Bord Pleanála were unanimous in their decision to grant permission for the construction of a new Lansdowne Road stadium — despite a recommendation of refusal by its own inspector.

THE Baptist community has expressed its shock at a decision from An Bord Pleanála to refuse plans for a €9 million residential, religious and training centre in Co Cork.