Plans to locate the proposed national children’s hospital at the Mater site in Dublin city centre could be resurrected after management at three hospitals in the area said they were puttingtogether a fresh proposal.

An Bord Pleanála should be allowed review local authority development plans and even veto council decisions on land rezoning, the country’s planning association has said.

HSE chiefs in the South of the country may have to consider building an emergency hospital on the outskirts of Cork City, according to one of Cork University Hospital’s (CUH) leading doctors.

Endemic corruption, chaotic sprawl, a legacy of ghost development and widespread environmental degradation — they are just some of the phrases used by An Taisce in its review of planning during the boom years.

The Mater Hospital claims it remains the best site for the location of a national children’s hospital after it unveiled plans for a redesign of the original project which was unexpectedly rejected by An Bord Pleanála last February.

The IFA has warned Eirgrid’s plans for a €500m power line connecting Cork, Kildare and Wexford will cause significant disturbance for many landowners and stressed the company must engage fully with people along the route to avoid protests.

A woman whose family has been locked in a right-of-way row with a local sports club interrupted Mass on Easter Sunday to voice her concerns over the saga.

Hotelier John Brennan has been warned by Kerry County Council not to develop a luxury camping and caravan park on the grounds of a 19th century manor hotel, near Kenmare, until an appeal to An Bord Pleanála is finalised.

An Bord Pleanála has rejected a plan by a power company to build a new wind farm across the western tip of the Comeragh Mountains in Co Waterford.

Enforcement proceedings are under way against a cut-price long-term car park set up without planning permission in the danger zone adjacent to Cork Airport.

A key member of a team tasked with developing the new National Children’s Hospital has claimed some alternative sites to the Mater are only being put forward simply to get rid of costly Celtic Tiger-era land.

The proposed widening and removal of bends on a notable tourist road in Kerry will have a profound impact on the landscape, it has been claimed.

THE Irish Greyhound Board more than doubled its debt burden to replace one of its worst-performing dog tracks.

The Mater Hospital’s role as the preferred location for a new national children’s hospital is coming under pressure after it emerged a greenfield site near the M50 on Dublin’s northside is being seriously considered.

Dozens of road crashes could be avoided by upgrading a substandard road in Co Kerry, an oral hearing was told yesterday.

A cyclists’ representative group has expressed concerns about the use of cycle lanes replacing hard shoulders on rural roads.

The light has been extinguished for the New Life Christian Church in Kerry.

Appeals taken by An Taisce against reckless speculative development have likely saved the taxpayer between €500m and €750m in the last decade, the heritage body has claimed.

Residents fighting a proposal to rezone land next to Páirc Uí Chaoimh have vowed to pack Cork City Hall tonight and “look councillors in the eye” as they vote.

The prospect of parts of the Midlands being turned into a “Shanghai on the Shannon” has been greeted positively in a region considered one of the country’s unemployment blackspots.