Cork City Council said it needs more information before it can grant planning permission for the development of 162 new homes in city suburb.

It is not yet clear if the club will appeal the decision to An Bórd Pleanála

The prospect of accepting a name change for the stadium if sponsors want it sets a very dangerous precedent, one with a commercial rather than an emotional basis

Developers Clarendon Properties/BAM are in talks with the Housing Agency about selling c100 units of the largely cost-rental scheme to owner/occupiers

The operators of the 5-star hotel say the accommodation is needed due to the housing crisis; it had been putting staff up in hotel rooms

Brothers John and Micheal Callaghan had lodged an appeal with An Bord Pleanála over development in Watergrasshill

Guidelines in relation to telecommunications antennae state that free-standing masts should only be located in a residential area 'as a last resort'

Clyde Real Estate had been granted permission to build 190 apartments on a site on Loughmahon Link Road

Two recent public meetings in Ardmore have emphasised a desperate need for housing to prevent young residents from leaving the village in search of homes

Under the new development parking facilities to the rear of the current building will no longer exist

Yesterday in these pages, Paul Hosford reported on a statistic regarding public housing in this country — namely, more than 1,100 social houses in Cork City are currently stalled at various stages of the planning process.

The application failed because of concern about how artificial lighting might disturb Lesser Horseshoe Bats on their way to and from its roost in the nearby demesne area of the Killarney National Park

Three fires have taken place at vacant buildings around the country in recent weeks

Planning inspector recommended permission be refused as buildings were too high

Helen Lucey had intended to seek planning permission to build houses on the lands, or sell the land to a builder, having received planning permission

Denis Calnan seeking to overturn recent decision of Cork County Council to grant permission for the development on the site of a former hotel at Garrettstown beach

There are fears a toxic algal bloom crisis — similar to what occurred in Lough Neagh earlier this year — could develop in Lough Leane

Plans to build a seaplane base at Cobh and an aerodrome at Belvelly and Weir Island were looked at back in the 1930s

It is the second such mast to be denied permission in north Kerry in recent weeks

Applications to construct the mast at the former Eir exchange in the village had been refused on three occasions over the past four years by the local authority