PLANS for a €20 million biodiesel plant in Cork were shot down by An Bórd Pleanála yesterday.

THE oral hearing which will decide whether the €365 million redevelopment of Lansdowne Road can go ahead will start in Dublin this morning.

THE €40 million redevelopment of Thomond Park is facing a long planning delay.

A GROWING number of objections against planning for new school buildings or extensions are holding up progress on Government investment, Education Minister Mary Hanafin has warned.

ANOTHER child almost drowned in the pond which claimed the life of little Glen McNamara Twomey, it emerged yesterday.

ANOTHER child almost drowned in the pond which claimed the life of Glen McNamara Twomey, it emerged yesterday.

THE Department of the Marine is taking a man to the High Court for ignoring its ultimatum to remove unauthorised marine structures from a West Cork bay.

MAJOR construction projects in Cork are in jeopardy after a €200 million housing development was shot down in a shock planning decision yesterday.

CORK County Council may be facing a substantial bill for damages following a landmark ruling against a concrete firm which has been operating a massive facility without planning permission.

RETAIL giant Lidl sparked a bitter row yesterday by accusing three councillors of interfering in the planning process for political reasons.

HOUSE-HUNTERS are facing a price increase this year because demand is outstripping supply, while a shortage of zoned land is adding to the difficulties.

COUNCILLORS forced a housing plan with a controversial entrance back to the drawing board last night.

CORK City Council was cleared yesterday to proceed with the compulsory purchase of a massive swathe of prime land — including the key Showgrounds site — in the city’s docklands.

I WISH to respond to comments by Michael O’Flynn of O’Flynn Construction on the refusal of planning permission at Ballinglanna, Glanmire, Co Cork, by An Bord Pleanála (Irish Examiner, January 20).

ALL set up for hobby-farm use, a more likely outcome than being bought for future development, is assessment of estate agent John Deady as he brings 10 waterview acres by Clonakilty bay to the market.

RETAIL giant Lidl has apologised to three politicians it accused of interfering in the planning process for political reasons.

THE handing over of Thomond Park to contractors for the €40 million redevelopment of the stadium has been delayed by one week.

A DELEGATION from the European Commission is to travel to Dublin next month to inspect the proposed site for an incinerator at Poolbeg.

CONFUSION surrounded the fate of the controversial Poolbeg incinerator last night after Tánaiste Michael McDowell said the project had collapsed, only to be contradicted by Dublin City Council.