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THE National Roads Authority (NRA) has withdrawn its objection to a €200 million office project in Cork which has the potential to create 1,500 jobs.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

A TYPING error on the public notice announcing Eirgrid’s intention to apply for planning permission to build the much-needed €200 million north-south electricity interconnector has led to the planning application being thrown out.

THE Lord Mayor of Cork has called a meeting of the city’s TDs as part of a new drive to secure Government funding for an €80 million bridge that will help kickstart the city’s docklands regeneration.

CORK county manager Martin Riordan says he wants to see all allegations made against his planning staff and is confident he will be able to refute every one of them.

THE company behind plans to extract 4.5 million tonnes of material from a site in Co Clare has failed to secure planning permission for the proposal.

A MOTHER-OF-TWO with a debilitating illness moved out of a Limerick suburb to the countryside because the air quality would be better for her health.

ENGINEERING experts have told a Bord Pleanála oral hearing up to 70 lives could be saved over the next 30 years if a motorway is developed between Cork and Limerick.

AN Bord Pleanála has given the green light for the redevelopment of a “virtually derelict” site close to a major junction at the northern entrance to top tourist town Killarney.

ENVIRONMENT Minister John Gormley has insisted he is complying with the “letter of the law” in the way he is handling an incinerator project which he and his constituents oppose.