The head of Cork Institute of Technology (CIT) has said there will be a demand for skilled young craftspeople as the economy recovers.

Plans by Supermacs supremo Pat McDonagh to repeat the success of his Barack Obama Plaza in Co Clare are in jeopardy.

Final planning permission has been granted for more than 250 wind turbines in just the past two years, according to an analysis of cases before An Bord Pleanála (ABP). *

The future of two GAA grounds earmarked for Ireland’s 2023 Rugby World Cup bid remains in doubt following events yesterday.

It’s no surprise that the seats in the Páirc Uí Chaoimh stadium are as good as new given the classic matches staged there which have had crowds on their feet over the last decade.

The National Roads Authority (NRA) has unveiled a preferred route for a €100m-plus motorway to replace the existing Cork-Ringaskiddy (N28).

Concern has been expressed about a windfarm project in Co Cork which will feature the same type of turbine which collapsed on a mountainside in the North last week.

A €10m heritage and visitor centre which will transform the site of education pioneer Nano Nagle’s first convent has been given the green light.

The major extension proposed for the Bon Secours Hospital, in Cork City, has been approved by An Bord Pleanála.

The sale has closed on the former Lovetts’ restaurant in Cork’s suburbs, for 20% over its guide. 

Simply Red star Mick Hucknall has backed opposition by locals to plans for Ireland’s largest onshore wind farm in Donegal.

The go-ahead by Kerry County Council for a rooftop terrace cafe near Ladies’ View on the Ring of Kerry, one of the most visited spots overlooking the lakes of Killarney, has been appealed by the National Roads Authority which has expressed “serious concern” at the decision.

A new energy strategy for Kerry will see whole swathes of the county earmarked for windfarms — but not in top scenic areas.

A head of steam has built up against the country’s first large “type-three” single carriageway between Dingle and Tralee in Co Kerry.

Residents fighting GAA plans they claim will split a huge public park due to be developed in Cork will voice their concerns this evening with the designers behind the multimillion-euro park project.

Nama has appointed a statutory receiver to assets belonging to Limerick-based property companies controlled by developers Joe Hanrahan and John Shee.

THE upland countryside where the counties Cork, Kerry and Limerick meet continues to be a place where rare and threatened species of wildlife can still be found.

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.