THE planned new €800 million M20 will become the first motorway in Ireland to be barn owl-friendly.

CORK’S city manager said City Hall has nothing to fear after submitting a detailed report on foot of a planning probe announced by Environment Minister John Gormley.

CLAIMS have been made that drivers will not use a proposed new motorway service station because it was too close to Cork city.

THE six local authorities being examined as part of Environment Minister John Gormley’s planning review accounted for one in every three successful planning decision appeals in 2008.

A VILLAGE intends to fight plans to build one of the country’s longest sections of elevated motorway just yards from its quiet main street.

A TOWN bypassed by the Celtic Tiger is preparing to fight for the right to be linked to the new M20 Cork-Limerick motorway.

THERE may be light at the end of a long tunnel for a Cork school waiting almost a decade for new accommodation – while children have been taught in expensive prefabs.

WE are writing as concerned residents of Ballyhea village, a small rural community on the Cork-Limerick border, just under the beautiful Ballyhoura Mountains.

CORK’S city manager has called on the Government to commit funding to build an iconic bridge over the River Lee to help kick-start the city’s multi-billion-euro docklands regeneration project.

THE National Roads Authority (NRA) has withdrawn its objection to a €200 million office project in Cork which has the potential to create 1,500 jobs.

OBJECTIONS against a €60 million investment on Cork city’s northside, at the old Sunbeam Wolsey site, have been rejected by An Bord Pleanála, clearing the way for a development which can cater for up to 3,000 jobs.

ENTERPRISE Minister Batt O’Keeffe said he hopes a resolution can be found through discussion to a planning impasse that is threatening the creation of some 1,500 jobs in Cork.

CITY manager Joe Gavin has called on councillors to reject some of the GAA’s plans for a multi-million euro redevelopment of Páirc Uí Chaoimh.

THE Government has given the green light to create plans for the first purpose-built town in Munster.

A CITY centre site for a €50 million events centre is being proposed to Cork City Council by developer Owen O’Callaghan.

A SCHOOL car park that was the scene of a horrifying accident yesterday afternoon would have been full of children returning home had they not been kept back by teachers – to say a prayer.

IKEA is on the hunt for locations for new stores in the Republic, raising hopes that hundreds of jobs could be created by the Swedish retail giant.

POPULAR tourist town Kenmare is in danger of being closed down in the event its water supply is being contaminated by cryptosporidium, a senior Kerry County Council manager has warned.

TAXPAYERS could save €250 million building a much shorter motorway which would link Limerick and Cork, a Bord Pleanála oral hearing has been told.

The future of a Cork town may depend on a link to the M20, writes Sean O’Riordan