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<p>Everybody wants to see a functioning ABP, particularly as planning is a key component in tackling the housing crisis. This can be achieved by addressing the problems that arose and reassuring staff that the issues have been fully and transparently dealt with. </p>
Mick Clifford: Refusal to publish reports into An Bord Pleanála not likely to instill confidence
While the housing minister is introducing some measures to reform An Bord Pleanála, the problems go far beyond issues of management fuzziness, writes Mick Clifford

Wed, 11 Jan, 2023

<p>Before Christmas, An Bord Pleanála had issued an apology as it said it was not meeting its statutory deadline in a “large number of cases”.</p>
An Bord Pleanála delays could invalidate applications for thousands of homes
In all, there are 96 pending Strategic Housing Development (SHD) applications across the country

Fri, 06 Jan, 2023

<p>Merchants Quay Ireland was granted permission to operate the country’s first medically supervised injecting facility at its offices in Dublin city centre. Picture: Gareth Chaney Collins</p>
HSE 'doubling down' on plan for mobile drug injecting centre in Cork City
The move follows the go-ahead for a pilot facility in Dublin

Thu, 05 Jan, 2023

<p>The HSE's David Lane said the opening of a drug injection centre would treduce the mount of drug litter on streets.</p>
HSE 'doubling down' on plans for mobile drug injecting centre in Cork city
HSE to lead efforts on the back of planning permission for centre in Dublin

Thu, 05 Jan, 2023

<p>A local man threw bags of cow excrement at Junior Minister Anne Rabbitte, above, and Ciarán Gannon TD at a public meeting organised by Gort Biogas Concern Group. Picture: Sasko Lazarov / RollingNews.ie</p>
Activists say cow dung throwing incident has 'drowned out' their concerns
Gort Biogas Concern Group condemns action and noted that the man in question is in no way attached to the group

Sat, 07 Jan, 2023

<p>'The establishment of a medically-supervised injecting facility in the area of Dublin city centre will undoubtedly save lives and facilitate more people accessing a healthcare intervention,' the HSE said.</p>
Charity and HSE hail decision to permit drug injection centre
An Bord Pleanála last week granted planning permission to operate a medically supervised injecting facility for an 18-month trial period

Tue, 03 Jan, 2023

<p>Planners said guidelines issued to local authorities on telecommunications antennae state that free-standing masts should only be located in a residential area as a last resort if alternative sites are unavailable or unsuitable. File picture: Dan Linehan</p>
Telco company to appeal Cork council ruling on phone mast at Cobh GAA grounds
Telecommunications firm has lodged an appeal with An Bord Pleanála over council's refusal of planning permission for 24m-high mast on grounds the site is adjacent to homes

Thu, 05 Jan, 2023

<p>Preparing drugs on teaspoon and a syringe on dark background with reflection</p>
Benefits of new legal drug injection centre 'outweigh risks'
An Bord Pleanála has given planning approval for the country's first-ever injection centre, to be located in Dublin

Mon, 02 Jan, 2023

<p>Housing Minister Darragh O'Brien said 'resourcing wasn't always where it should be' and that An Bord Pleanála did not have 'the number of people required to be able to do the job that that is there'. Picture: Moya Nolan</p>
An Bord Pleanála structure was 'not fit for purpose' — Darragh O'Brien
Housing Minister says there was 'a blurring of the lines between the governance of the board as an entity itself, and the planning decisions'

Tue, 03 Jan, 2023

<p>Merchants Quay Ireland in Dublin has been granted permission for the country's first supervised injecting facility. Picture: Leah Farrell/RollingNews.ie</p>
Ireland’s first medically supervised injection facility gets go-ahead
An Bord Pleanála has given permission to Merchants Quay Ireland for the facility for an initial 18 months, after which a review will be undertaken

Sat, 31 Dec, 2022

<p>Michael McGrath said the National Development Plan will see funding made available. Picture: PA</p>
McGrath pledges Cork transport projects 'will be delivered'
Finance minister says major investment is 'happening at the moment and there is an awful lot more of it to come'

Mon, 02 Jan, 2023

<p>New bill will see An Bord Pleanála renamed and given new structures, with local councils getting stronger powers to use compulsory purchase orders and strict time limits for judicial reviews in a bid to avoid construction projects getting bogged down in legal proceedings. Picture: Gareth Chaney/Collins</p>
An Bord Pleanála apologises for ongoing delay in issuing planning decisions
Planning body said it only had 'five functioning board members' at present out of the 'standard complement of 10', which is affecting its ability to meet targets

Thu, 22 Dec, 2022

<p>An aerial visualisation of the proposed Morrison's Island flood defence project in Cork. The Supreme Court has rejected Save Cork City's appeal against the development. Picture: Cork City Council</p>
Save Cork City group calls for compromise as flood defence scheme set to proceed
Group says it would prefer 'friendly dialogue and compromise' to further legal action but did not rule out such action

Thu, 22 Dec, 2022

<p>Flooding at Fr Mathew Quay in Cork City. Picture Denis Minihane</p>
Flood protection works to begin by end of 2023
Long-delayed multi-million upgrade works to an historic Cork City quay, which will also provide flood protection to , should get underway before the end of next year.

Wed, 21 Dec, 2022

<p>A year of great loss and several controversies, but also of achievement.</p>
Mick Clifford's A to Z of 2022
From war to Wagatha Christie, what a year it's been

Sun, 01 Jan, 2023

<p>The Save Cork City Community Association CLG (SCCA) in a leapfrog appeal to the Supreme Court wanted the decision by the High Court last year to refuse to strike down the planning permission for the works around the Morrison’s Island area reversed.</p>
Save Cork City loses Supreme Court bid to have flood relief works overturned
It now means the work around Morrison’s Island can go ahead

Wed, 21 Dec, 2022

<p>This month saw the first rotation of the role of Taoiseach as Leo Varadkar replaced Micheál Martin. Picture: Julien Behal</p>
The year in politics: The highlights and lowlights of 2022
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

Sun, 01 Jan, 2023

<p>The offices of An Bord Pleanala in Dublin. File Picture: Niall Carson/PA Wire </p>
Planning regulator finds demoralised workforce at An Bord Pleanála
External reviewers employed by the OPR to conduct the investigation found a backlog of cases and reduced staff morale

Tue, 20 Dec, 2022

<p>Proposals in second planning bill will likely add to delays in the delivery of housing and energy, not just on the decisions being judicially reviewed but because of the uncertainty introduced into the whole system on the interpretation of the law. Picture: Denis Minihane</p>
An obituary for An Bord Pleanála
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

Wed, 21 Dec, 2022

<p>Manuel Salazar at an Extinction Rebellion protest outside Leinster House in Dublin about sea change last year. Photo: Sam Boal/Rollingnews.ie</p>
Joyce Fegan: The climate activists gearing up for 2023
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

Mon, 26 Dec, 2022

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