Measures to stop land hoarding, create a more efficient planning system, and greater access to information, would start addressing the issue, writes Kieran Rose

The war of words in the National Maternity Hospital row grew more entrenched over the weekend, as both sides accused the other of peddling mistruths.

A number of objectors to the children’s hospital being built on Dublin’s St James’s Hospital campus are “thinking very seriously” about seeking a judicial review of the planning decision, it has emerged.

The planned timeline for Apple delivering an additional 1,000 jobs for Cork has been delayed.

An incinerator in Cork Harbour would be similar to the notorious nuclear power-plant in The Simpsons, an oral hearing into the proposed application by Indaver Ireland in Ringaskiddy heard yesterday.

A retired Cork engineer is entitled to orders requiring the dismantling of three wind turbines at Kilvinane, Co Cork, due to their being built in “material” deviation from planning permission, the Court of Appeal has ruled.

Forecourt operator, Applegreen, has moved to get ahead of Supermac’s and be the first to provide a motorway service stop along the M18, connecting Limerick to Gort.

The community group opposed to the building of an incinerator in Cork Harbour has claimed the application is invalid, due to a string of issues, including errors over the company name of the applicant, Indaver Ireland.

A large majority of county councillors in Cork are seeking to formally register their opposition to an incinerator project in Ringaskiddy.

On the eve of an oral hearing into plans for an incinerator in Ringaskiddy, Co Cork, the man driving the project for the past 16 years has admitted to “feeling sorry” for the residents of the area.

It is 15 years since the residents of Ringaskiddy heard about plans for an incinerator in their backyard. They tell Catherine Shanahan their opposition to the project has not dimmed.

Sixteen years later and €12m poorer, Indaver is no less committed to building an incinerator in Ringaskiddy. On the eve of yet another oral hearing and with a third planning application under scrutiny, Indaver Ireland chief John Ahern tells Catherine Shanahan that he’s upbeat about their chances of success.

It drives spin-off business in Kinsale to the tune of around €10m every year. Little wonder the reopening yesterday of the acclaimed Old Head golf links for 2016 has the town smiling. It isn’t just a boon for golfers, writes Tony Leen

A local authority has agreed to quash planning approval for a bathing changing area at the home of a neighbour of film-maker Neil Jordan, the High Court has heard.

Residents of a Co Cork village are shocked at revelations that 40,000 tonnes of incinerator ash could be buried every year at an unused landfill on their doorstep.

The Government should consider removing the rights of people to object to proposed developments as it is hugely costly, causes delays, and is not necessary, the Irish Planning Institute’s annual conference heard.

Surfers yesterday described Donald Trump’s €10m rock barrier plan to protect his golf resort at Doonbeg as “heavy-handed”.

Most of the Planning Acts requirements for an appeal are mandatory