Dublin City Council has given the go-ahead for a €40m plan to convert Loreto Hall, a former women’s hostel on St Stephen’s Green, into a luxury hotel.

A High Court judge has refused to allow a number of local residents appeal his decision rejecting their challenge to permission for a windfarm development in Co Cork.

Plans for a spate of student apartments could strangle traditional residential areas of Cork City.

A Cork automation technology company is aiming for further growth after one of the world’s biggest pharmaceuticals bought a stake in it.

Two student accommodation schemes given planning permission in Dublin could free up rental space for almost 500 people in the capital.

It is in the gritty detail of difficult policy decisions that lies the ultimate test of character. In that regard, there is more going on this week than the main headlines indicate, writes Gerard Howlin

The decision date on plans for a controversial commercial incinerator in Cork Harbour has been deferred for a fourth time, prompting dismay among the local community.

Permission for a 608-house development in Cork has been approved by An Bord Pleanála, under new strategic housing development (SHD) guidelines designed to fast-track new homes and student apartments to tackle the housing crisis.

An Bord Pleanála has refused planning permission for a proposed Lidl supermarket in the Cork suburb of Douglas, disagreeing with the recommendation of its inspector.

Plans for the first urban residential development in Cork’s docklands have been hit by a last-minute appeal from a commercial semi-state company.

The former St Kevin’s Asylum, and over 14 acres of zoned land, has finally been placed on the market for sale by the HSE, with a €2.95 million price guide via agents Lisney, who say it has clear residential development potential.

More additions to student accommodation provision in Cork are to be made after permission has been granted for a development with over 200 bed spaces near the city centre.

Planning permission has been granted for a new amusement arcade in Cobh, despite objections from the owner of one of the town’s largest visitor attractions.

Plans to convert a former hotel in Cork city centre into an upmarket retail store have been put on hold following objections from a number of local businesses and An Taisce.

We’ve done our bit — now it’s up to the minister.

The deadline for deciding on whether to give the go-ahead to a controversial incinerator in Cork Harbour has been pushed out for the eighth time. It is one of the State’s longest-running planning sagas.

Horse racing trainer, John Oxx, has become involved in a planning row with a mobile phone company that plans to build a telecommunications mast in Kildare.

The Government has been urged to impose new bans on properties which are rented out on Airbnb for more than 90 days a year in a bid to stop “professional” landlords from taking advantage of the system.

Groups representing business and industry have given their backing to a proposed motorway from Cork to Ringaskiddy — with one group expressing “frustration” at the lack of progress in building the road to date.

A proposed new UCC student accommodation building — the 255-bed development at Victoria Cross — is set to rise to eight and up 10 storeys, across four linked blocks, on the former western suburban site of the Crow’s Nest bar.