Hail to the chiefs. This month saw the first rotation of the role of Taoiseach, 100 years after the Civil War. Daniel McConnell, Elaine Loughlin, Ciara Phelan, and Paul Hosford look back on some of the highlights and lowlights of the year gone by

External reviewers employed by the OPR to conduct the investigation found a backlog of cases and reduced staff morale

With the demise of the planning board as we know it, it is hard  to conceive of a more dysfunctional political response to what is needed to restore confidence in our planning system and facilitate the speedy lawful delivery of homes

With just eight years left of the IPCC's predicted 12 years to limit climate catastrophe, Joyce Fegan speaks to the environmental activists planning to make 2023 the year the world pays attention

Mast was installed and then taken down when planning consultant pointed out it had been erected in the wrong place, court heard

Allocation process for case was not random and was affected by ‘bias’, new High Court filings allege

The planned development comes amid a year-round increase in visitors to west Waterford

Laura McCarthy and her husband moved into their home in Raheen in Limerick in January 2021. She was heavily pregnant at the time, and buying their first home had been “an enormous relief” for the couple, she says.

Focus of bill is not to refuse 'access to justice', Taoiseach says

The State needs to decarbonise to meet international CO2 targets but, if it is at the expense of infrastructure vital to the wellbeing of the Irish economy, that is another matter

People do not equate the impact that stalling a new housing development in their area has on the inability of their adult children to find a home, or on staff shortages in health and education 

The plans include four-bed semi-detached homes, three-bed semis, three-bed townhouses, two-bed townhouses as well as duplex and apartment units

The market on Centre Park Rd and adjacent to Kennedy Quay has appealed Cork City Council's decision to An Bord Pleanála

Refugee crisis putting additional strain on both the housing system, public system and hospitality.

The report is also set to recommend that the possibility of decriminalising drug possession for personal use be researched

End terrace home by shoreline is a 'cheap' entry level to 'millionaire's road'

Environment Minister Eamon Ryan will seek Cabinet approval for the new action plan which will include the establishment of financial support fund

Tanáiste Leo Varadkar has said everyone makes errors in judgement but he is confident he has the support of the Fine Gael party.

The current cold spell looks set to continue until the end of the working week, with a yellow low temperature ice warning in place until Friday

In the fevered run-up to Christmas, bad laws with terrible consequences for public trust have a better chance of escaping scrutiny, writes Mick Clifford