There was intense pressure on Transport Minister Shane Ross to appoint a noise regulator for Dublin Airport even though officials knew accusations of a conflict of interest were certain to arise.

Midleton GAA club has secured planning permission for a move to new grounds to cater an expansion in its membership.

The owners of a site earmarked for Cork’s biggest-ever student accommodation development are facing a large tax bill, having lost a challenge to it being placed on a list of vacant sites.

The Irish Heart Foundation (IHF) has lodged an appeal with An Bord Pleanála against plans to develop a large, fast-food, drive-thru restaurant close to a primary school in north Dublin.

The sometime scourge of plans by Trump Doonbeg and other developers has lost out on his own plans to extend the number of Airbnb style studio lettings at his protected Georgian Dublin property.

Enforcement proceedings against Barnafaddock Wind Farm raise serious questions around planning, the law and national policy on wind energy, writes Michael Clifford

The Irish Heart Foundation (IHF) has stalled contentious plans for a drive thru fast food restaurant in Skerries in north Dublin.

The owners of a large childcare facility near Killarney’s town centre have clashed with local residents over their plans for an expansion of the facility.

The building firm seeking to construct an apartment block and house plan on lands adjacent to broadcaster, Pat Kenny’s home has offered to reduce the scale of the development.

Plans for more than 500 apartments in two Cork city schemes have been submitted to An Bord Pleanála.

Residents objecting to a proposed extension to an imposing beachside dwelling claim Cork County Council contravened its own development plans.

A planning row has erupted in a north Kerry village over plans by a renewable energy firm to complete a partially developed power and heat-generation facility.

Dolphin Rugby Club has clashed with the IRFU over plans for a large, new, indoor facility at the city’s main rugby stadium.

Cork County Council members are questioning the cost of a new design for the proposed Cork-Limerick motorway and the likely delay in securing planning, again, for the M20 route.

A legal challenge against the granting of planning permission to a proposed controversial €160m incinerator at Ringaskiddy in Cork Harbour opened in the High Court today.

A High Court review of a challenge by environmental lobby group CHASE to An Bord Pleanála's decision to grant planning permission for an incinerator in Cork Harbour is set to get underway tomorrow.

An online petition has been launched against plans to build a giant incinerator in Cork harbour by a group who has being fighting against such a proposal for the past 14 years.

A farmer faces the possibility this week of losing his 100-acre dairy holding after challenging the grant of planning for the construction, against his wishes, of a road across his land by a wind power company.

The Government and Transport Infrastructure Ireland (TII) have been accused of “giving the two fingers” to the dairy industry as well as to hauliers and commuters.

Last Saturday my wife and I attended a ‘Come Dine with Me’ evening in the Heritage Centre in Ardara, Co Donegal.