In 2012 when the topic of housing in Ireland came up for discussion, the terms ‘negative equity’ and ‘ghost estate’ were bandied about with numbing frequency.

Your report (July 15), suggests that Cllr Seamus McGrath of Fianna Fáil (and others), seem to be of the opinion that the Port of Cork’s container development plan for Ringaskiddy would be in order if the upgrade of the N28 was in place.

A major extension of facilities at a pharmaceutical plant near Cork harbour is the subject of a recent planning application.

Cork City Council has approved the use of a former hospital as a third-level college.

Sinn Féin leader Gerry Adams has questioned senior appointments made by Environment Minister Phil Hogan, claiming they represent a conflict of interest.

The proposed extension of facilities at the Bon Secours Hospital in Cork city has been approved.

Environment Minister Phil Hogan’s expected nomination as Ireland’s EU commissioner in Brussels has been questioned after a number of controversial appointments he made to State bodies.

CORK harbour and port amenity with a deep water jetty at Marino Point is to be sold after a ‘Best Bids’ process in October, with a price expectation of up to €7m indicated.

An Bord Pleanála has rejected an application to build a new 170-bedroom hotel in Dublin city centre.

Councillors in Kerry have voted to defy national guidelines on planning by permitting access to housing alongside a number of busy national roadways.

Cork City Council should decide within weeks on a plan to allow a permitted retail scheme be changed to mainly office use.

If we are to sustain our economic and social advancement, An Bord Pleanála must dispose of its business with rapidity. As a judical body, the secrecy of its proceedings will have to be examined. People have confidence in judical bodies because, under the Constitution, they are required to perform their operations in open court, before the press, and be available for full inspection by the public.

An Bord Pleanála has overruled its own planning inspector to give the green light to contentious plans for a giant €80m wind farm in North Tipperary, with turbines 25m taller than Dublin’s Spire.

The coming on stream of the long delayed €3.4 billion Corrib gas project has moved a step closer with tests confirming that all five Corrib wells are now ready to flow.

An Bord Pleanála has granted planning permission for a Cork cemetery, with 5,601 plots, which will be the first privately-run facility in the city or county.

An historic home on Cork’s northside is in line to become a medical clinic after a recent grant of planning permission.

Cork GAA will receive €20million from the GAA towards the redevelopment of Páirc Uí Chaoimh, it has been confirmed.

Two men yesterday pleaded guilty to charges in connection with a burglary at the lakeside mansion owned by a son of Euromillions winner Dolores McNamara.

US billionaire Donald Trump is still facing stiff opposition to his bid to stop construction of a giant wind-farm going ahead near his Doonbeg golf resort.

RTÉ broadcaster Tom McGurk and his wife, PR guru Caroline Kennedy, want to prevent a building firm’s residential development on a former hospital site near their home in Dublin 4.