DESPITE concerns by An Taisce about the erection of wind farms in scenic areas of Kerry, official policy is to encourage the continuing development of wind-generated electricity.

IT read like a script from a popular TV soap — neighbours from hell, late-night noise and a legal wrangle that threatened to turn nasty.

THE Freedom of Information Act (FoI) is too often clubbed on the head by state agencies and left comatose as far as smaller community groups are concerned.

THE oldest hunt in the country has been denied planning permission for kennels after Bord Pleanála upheld an objection by the Brothers of Charity.

A MOVE to demolish buildings containing popular seaweed baths in Ballybunion, Co Kerry, has been turned down by An Bord Pleanála.

THE HSE has requested that a baseline health study be completed around Cork Harbour before An Bord Pleanála consider sanctioning a toxic incinerator in Ringaskiddy.

OPPONENTS of a planned €40 million private hospital on the outskirts of Ennis yesterday outlined their opposition to the project at an oral hearing.

ROCK concerts at Slane Castle — which has attracted international icons such as U2, the Rolling Stones and this year it will host Kings of Leon — would be “seriously threatened” if the bypass of Slane is built to the west of the village.

ENNIS Town Council has put on hold contentious plans for a €40 million retail park.

An Bord Pleanála has upheld an appeal against Waterford Council’s planning refusal for a solar farm in the west of the county.

Four residents living close to Tayto Park have put the brakes on plans for a new ‘iconic’ €14 million steel ride rollercoaster ride at Ireland’s largest theme park.

Plans for a campervan site on the outskirts of Kenmare have suffered a setback, due a lack of capacity in the town’s sewage-treatment system.

Pre-tax profits at the hotel group which operates the Ashling Hotel near Heuston Station in Dublin climbed 28% to over €6m in 2017.

The Supreme Court will rule on a later date whether An Bord Pleanála breached its legal obligations in how it approved the first phase of tech giant Apple’s planned €850m data centre in Athenry.

A €15m contract has been awarded for the design stage of the 100km Cork-Limerick motorway. However, it is unlikely that the planned €900m M20 will be completed before 2027.

Profits at one of the largest architectural practices in the country, O’Mahony Pike Architects, increased by 28% to €1.1m in 2017.

There are “no significant savings to be had” that will affect the headline €1.43bn cost of the new national children’s hospital, the new project leader told the Oireachtas health committee.

Plans for more than 1,400 new homes in east Cork were turned down due to infrastructure deficits.