Some homeowners on the country’s most exclusive road are trying to block plans by one of their neighbours to carry out a house makeover that includes an underground cinema.

American software company Tableau is to allow its users choose where they want their data stored after unveiling its first European data centre in Dublin.

A dispute between a company of property developer and investor Michael O’Flynn and Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown Council over a refusal of planning permission for a €75m residential development in south Dublin will be heard by the Commercial Court in May.

Residents from the north Dublin suburb of Swords are trying to block the local Muslim community from establishing a prayer, cultural, and community centre at a site in the area.

Cork City Council should decide within days whether to permit a café to be developed on a busy city centre corner.

After almost a decade in the doldrums, renewed activity is expected across a number of fronts in Cork city’s docklands and quays in 2016, with knock-on effects on major sites downriver in Cork harbour including Marino Point and Ringaskiddy.

The development of Clare’s first FootGolf course has been met with stiff opposition from the residents of Hurler’s Cross, who say that the development will have a negative impact “on every aspect of the lives” of local people.

An Taisce says its latest legal challenge to a €69m upgrade of the N86 main road to Dingle is “to ensure things are done properly”.

Plans for a major retail development on the outskirts of Cork City are in doubt after planning for an access road was shot down.