A LOCAL authority has lodged revised plans for a contentious €6 million pier development in response to surfers’ concerns for ‘world-class’ waves at the location.

BUSINESS associations along with independent traders’ body, RGDATA, and An Taisce are opposing plans for a €40 million retail park on the outskirts of Clare’s county town.

AN oral hearing to discuss objections to a planned super casino in Tipperary is set to take place on March 8.

THE intensification of use of a contentious quarry would fail to protect the tourism and amenity resources of west Clare, An Bord Pleanála said.

THE redevelopment of a public pier in Doolin is crucial to the tourist industry in the Clare village.

A JOBS boost for Co Clare was yesterday thrown into doubt after a claim that a planning decision giving a €4 million retail project the go-ahead is “illegal”.

BORD Pleanála has upheld the decision of South Tipperary County Council to grant permission for a cattle mart near Tipperary town.

EXECUTIVES at multinational energy company Shell believe the Irish state could be in possession of massive gas resources off the west coast, “up to 20 times” the scale of the already discovered Corrib field.

A MAJOR hurdle has been cleared in a proposal to build a €500 million gas- powered electricity plant on the Shannon Estuary.

CLARE County Council is to withdraw its planning application for a contentious €6 million pier at Doolin and re-lodge scaled down plans.

MAYO’S Conor Mortimer is contemplating undergoing knee surgery which could rule him out for the majority — if not all of — the 2011 season.

CONTENTIOUS plans to construct a €6 million pier at Doolin yesterday received the unanimous approval of Clare’s councillors in spite of concerns expressed by surfers.

PARENTS who have been campaigning for almost 20 years for a permanent new school for their children are taking their fight to the streets.

A CONTROVERSIAL plan by Kerry County Council to abstract water from the River Sheen to supply the tourist town of Kenmare is the subject of a two-day planning hearing that starts today.

PLANNERS in Ennis are scratching their heads as to why a well-known developer has lodged two almost identical applications for a €40 million retail park.

The need to end the gridlock at city’s key road junction has intensified, writes Sean O’Riordan

THE European Court of Justice has ruled that Ireland is in breach of an EU directive setting out how potentially dangerous developments are assessed for likely environmental effects before planning permission is granted.

ONE of the busiest coastguard units in the country yesterday urged Clare County Council to continue “as a matter or urgency” its €6 million pier plan for Doolin.