Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment Denis Naughten has today welcomed the decision to allow a power station in the midlands continue operating until 2030.

Household waste from Cork city and county is being shipped out of Cork Port for incineration in the Netherlands and Sweden, where its used to generate electricity.

An Bord Pleanála’s caseload has fallen by more than two thirds since the peak of the construction boom, yet it is still only dealing with 80% of the cases on time.

A High Court challenge has been launched against An Bord Pleanála’s refusal to grant permission for a crematorium and burial grounds in south Co Dublin.

Planning has been approved for the ground floor of a contentious medical centre in Killarney, Co Kerry.

I am a resident of Youghal (and have been for the past 35 years).

The principal of a Co Cork gaelscoil says she is delighted that An Bord Pleanála has granted permission for a new school, which she has been seeking for the past 18 years.

Youghal Town Council is to complain to An Bord Pleanála over a planning decision delay of almost a year which it claims is stifling investment in the town.

Permission to challenge a decision by An Bord Pleanála to grant planning permission for a large-scale retail development at the site of a former military barracks in Co Cork has been granted by the High Court.

One of the country’s top tourist town has given the thumbs down to a gaming arcade.

A local authority has spent more than €250,000 to date on a controversial pier project.

A High Court challenge has been brought against An Bord Pleanála’s decision to give the go-ahead to a large-scale retail development at the site of a former military barracks in Ballincollig, Co Cork.

A controversial Sacred Heart statue is to remain in its ground-level position outside Killarney Community Hospital, An Bord Pleanála has decided.

An Bord Pleanála has overturned a Cork City Council vote and granted planning permission for a retail centre, including an off-licence, in a business park near CIT.

Eirgrid has rejected arguments for putting a high-voltage electricity line, which is planned to run through a large stretch of West Cork, underground.

Beautiful countryside across two unspoilt valleys will be scarred by a controversial electricity transmission line snaking its way through West Cork, it has been claimed.

I refer to your article “Exporting waste — opportunity squandered” which appeared on Tuesday.

An Bord Pleanála has granted planning permission for the erection of a 40km overhead power line through West Cork, despite the view of its inspector a “strong case” could be made for undergrounding a section of the line.

Cork city councillors want the environment minister to overhaul An Bord Pleanála amid claims it has rendered the city’s development plan useless.

Limerick Youth Service is to redevelop the 19th century Ballyloughran House in north Kerry as a weekend hostel for young people from Limerick City and other regions.