Kevin O'Donovan, MD of Statkraft Ireland, chats to Rita de Brún about how Ireland is performing to date in reaching its renewable energy goals

Planning staff must be tripled, and the State should fund environmental NGOs and the development of green energy according to new Sinn Féin policy document

The application by Michael Ryan involves two sites at Davitt’s Quay and at Richard A Walsh Street which are divided by a public roadway

A legal snag has delayed the planned sale of four high-profile derelict buildings in Cork City which were acquired by compulsory purchase order (CPO) earlier this year.

The court’s interpretation is aligned with the Aarhus Convention’s requirement that such proceedings are “not prohibitively expensive”

Ireland's oldest covered shopping arcade is fully tenanted with an annual rent roll of €150,000

Appointing a High Court judge, as was mandatory when An Bord Pleanála was established, would give the new board a head start, restore a sense of authority and move on from the current crisis

Futureproof Clare says the plant has grown from producing 800,000 tonnes of alumina per year to 1.95 million tonnes annually

Nos 118 and 119 Barrack St were CPOd by Cork City Council last year

Our docklands could breathe life into the city once again

The acknowledgment that our energy supply needs to be independent, from a person most now see as a future Taoiseach, should not be downplayed

Speaking in Thurles, Micheál Martin said the 'fundamental overhaul of the planning system' initiated last year will lead to the publication of new planning legislation

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he state planning authority has now been reduced to just four operational board members, from a normal complement of 10, following the decision by chairman Dave Walsh to step away

The dispute centred around the length of the blades on the turbines

An Bord Pleanála has been engulfed in scandal for months, with the former deputy chairman Paul Hyde resigning his position in July

The Clogheen/Kerry Pike Community Association said local area plan for Kerry Pike said further growth should not exceed 10% of the village’s existing population

If approved, it is hoped that construction will begin in 2024 for completion in 2026.

Fórsa assistant secretary general Ian McDonald said that a number of its members 'no longer had confidence' in some of the people in management positions at An Bord Pleanála

The board faces a long road back