New fast-track planning laws have been published in a bid to avoid significant delays.

West Cork group lodges appeal against council planning decision

The Taoiseach’s extraordinary boast on Capitol Hill in Washington that, as Tourism Minister, he made representations on behalf of Donald Trump in relation to Doonbeg Golf Course needs urgent explanation on a number of fronts.

A wind farm operator has lost a High Court challenge to a refusal of permission for 25 turbines - which would be among the tallest in the country - in north Meath.

Plans for the Civic Plaza at College Green in Dublin City Centre are to be discussed today.

An environmentalist has mounted a legal challenge to the granting of planning permission for a huge €100m data storage facility in North West Dublin linked to internet giant Amazon.

A €90m expansion of the Wicklow studios where the drama series Vikings is filmed is on hold after locals appealed the decision to grant planning permission.

A developer's plans to build Dublin's tallest building has been turned down.

Developer Johnny Ronan’s development group has stated that it is ‘bewildered’ and ‘disappointed’ by the Bord Pleanála decision to refuse planning permission for its 22 storey tower at George's Quay in Dublin.

Rose Martin suggests an inspiring day out and looks at reasons why two large schemes are attracting objectors.

A businessman and a cash-and-carry firm have brought a legal challenge to Bord Pleanála's decision to grant a compulsory purchase order (CPO) for land Irish Water says it needs to increase the capacity of a Kildare sewerage system and reduce overflows into the River Liffey.

Two Dublin hotels have been refused permission to add extra floors to their buildings.

A 200-year-old weir in Co Cork is in danger of disintegrating and washing away after years of neglect by the local authority and Government departments, according to local campaigners.

Latest: Managing Director of Indaver Ireland John Ahern has reiterated the need for the incinerator in Ringaskiddy, Co Cork.

Two of our world’s conflicting but defining forces — the growing threat of climate destruction and the mountains of polluting waste generated by our relentless consumerism — collided yesterday when it was announced that An Bord Pleanála (ABP) granted planning permission for a controversial €160m Indaver waste incinerator in Cork Harbour.

Legal challenges brought against a decision to grant planning permission for a development of 500 housing units near St Anne’s Park in north Dublin may be specially fast-tracked by the High Court.

Controversial plans to build a waste-to-energy incinerator in Ringaskiddy have been met with ''anger and frustration'' today.

In cases which have "far-reaching implications for the peat harvesting industry" two companies have asked for permission to appeal the rejection of their challenges to decisions of An Bord Pleanála that their activities are no longer exempt development.

A couple have lost their legal challenge to An Bord Pleanála’s permission for construction of a wind farm near their home in Co Cork.

A number of High Court challenges have been brought against An Bord Pleanála's decision to grant planning permission for a development of 100 houses and 400 apartments on a site beside St Anne’s Park in north Dublin.