An internal report provides a shocking indictment of the manner in which the board has operated in recent years

The department "is considering this advice at present" following concerns that publishing salaries “might stray into issues of personal information".

Telecoms masts are exempt from planning, there is no requirement on the applicant to erect a site notice in advance or to place an ad in a newspaper

The appeal by the Save Cork City Community Association relates to whether An Bord Pleanála has the power to request an EIA screening exercise on the works

A "backlog of cases" at the beleaguered planning authority means the Penneys project has been delayed until January 3.

As a result, An Bord Pleanála indicated it would not oppose a judicial review taken by an environment group over the 18km N6 infrastructure project.

€1.06m was paid to developers by An Bord Pleanála last year due to the late processing of applications for strategic housing developments

Approval given for an action plan for the planning board, says Michael McGrath

THE head of one of the country’s largest property development companies has confirmed that they have checked out Debenhams former flagship store in Cork city, which is currently on the market for €20m.

On October 4, 2018, the Dáil declared housing to be a national emergency. Earlier that day, over 10,000 people protested about the prevailing situation on the streets of Dublin.

It is understood the concessions in two of the cases come in response to grounds alleging a conflict of interest in the decisions on the part of the board’s former deputy chair of An Bord Pleanála, Paul Hyde

From councillors labelling it as 'bonkers' to claims the plan has reduced elderly residents to tears, BusConnects is not short of critics, but the man overseeing its delivery in Cork says it is a simple choice of whether we want improved bus and bike infrastructure or not, writes Eoin English, in the second of a three-part series

What has emerged regarding the other members of An Bord Pleanála deserves further scrutiny, at the very least.

Three roadblocks to growing Irish renewable energy: inefficiency in planning, speed of connection, low capacity of energy grid

The planning board has been under intense pressure for the past six months after a series of allegations of potential conflicts of interest were made against Mr Hyde

Community group Coiste Forbartha Béal Átha ’n Ghaorthaidh CLG had petitioned against what would have been the biggest wind turbines in Co Cork

Planning legislation amendments expected to be enacted by the end of the year will see the threshold for taking judicial reviews raised significantly

Profits of €21.1m for Belgian-owned waste-processing and power-generation firm

The permission was quashed because An Bord Pleanála failed to send ETI’s 100-page submission on the development to the local council within the required time limit

An Bord Pleanála must reconsider its refusal to declare that the use of the premises as a Dealz store is exempted development — meaning it does not require planning permission