The 700-page Planning and Development Bill was published late on Tuesday night

Independent TD for Wexford Verona Murphy said the concerns raised are solely a 'planning issue and there is no racist element here' 

Eleven of the 5MW capacity turbines will be sited on the west Waterford side and six in east Cork, with both sets linked by a 3.3km underground cable

€2.3million is to go towards 50 new outdoor recreation projects, including Ireland’s first underwater artificial reef at Killala Bay, in Mayo

The expansion will not see any increase in staff numbers at the emergency department

Danish company Ørsted already has a number of wind farms operating here but its senior director said the development at Coom will be its 'highest-output onshore wind farm in Ireland'

Ireland's plan-led approach will streamline future offshore wind energy developments, underpinned by a robust legislative path, offering the best opportunity to match the nation's growing offshore ambitions, writes Minister Eamon Ryan, TD

Cork City Council has meanwhile confirmed that work on its Morrison's Island public realm improvement and flood protection scheme should start next year

Two Limerick women are facing having to remove a controversial mural honouring a deceased friend from a cottage in the village outside Limerick City 

Treacy’s Hotel, on Merchants Quay, will be upgraded

Judge increased the overall sentence from two months to three but suspended it in full and imposed fines totalling €6,000 at Cork Circuit Appeals Court

With almost an entire block in its ownership, Penneys has been cleared by planners to expand the shopping experience on St Patrick's Street

In a trading update, SSE said it upgraded its capital investment expectations by around 14% to support its Net Zero Acceleration Programme targets over the next five years

Former Limerick hurling manager Tom Ryan concerned about quality of water discharging onto his lands from industrial estate and claims his cattle are getting sick, court heard

Is a name change for the planning board a case of throwing the baby out with the bathwater after its brand was tarnished by a few bad years

The original refusal was based on a 2021 Government policy on the importation of fracked gas

The original decision had been appealed over a public right of way for a narrow gated thoroughfare within the block

Stateline Freight Limited was storing between 1500 and 2000 containers on lands where it lacks planning permission

Senior council engineers have agreed on the need to revisit major housing projects planned for Carrigtwohill and Midleton

Chairman acknowledged the deep disappointment among long-term workers at agency with the name change, which has previously been described as a 'collective punishment' for staff