Several councillors also called for the board to be disbanded

The Sinn Féin leader said: “Build-to-rent developments are about maximising profits for developers through inflated rental costs which in turn pushes up the value of land."

There were concerns about the project's impact on the largest concentration of champion trees nationally in any single location

Eirgrid CEO Mark Foley says linking to the EU’s electricity grid will boost Ireland’s energy independence. He talks with Darragh Bermingham.

An Bord Pleanála vice chair requested planning inspector to change his report before board ruled on case 

The process of Judicial Review made headlines again this week, this time in relation to an equestrian farmer who was refused planning permission by An Bord Pleanála to construct a dwelling house on her 18 acre farmland in the South Dublin townland ...

The legal challenge taken by Reid did provide an insight into the workings of the planning board and the result was not pretty

Intensive use of land is actually a bigger driver of biodiversity loss than the effects of climate change, with dramatic increases in the past 60 years.

Cabinet will hear that developers have been prevented from bulk-selling more than 15,000 proposed new homes to institutional investors following the introduction of new planning laws.

Residents living close to proposed apartment development in south Dublin have brought a High Court challenge against An Bord Pleanála claiming conflict of interest in the project by two planning board members

Waterford City and County Council rejected plans for a seven-storey, 40-bedroom boutique hotel on Davitt’s Quay, Dungarvan

As wind energy accounted for a third of electricity generated last month, planners take 50-60 weeks to decide on applications for wind energy projects

Michelle Fagan lives less than 450 metres from the proposed construction site, which now comprises office accommodation

Former members of the Irish Rural Dwellers Association say they have no knowledge of any process for Hyde to be put forward for role with planning board

Questions arise as to why Paul Hyde was nominated by the then defunct Irish Rural Dwellers Association as he had no known association with the body

Several issues have come to the fore in recent years that give rise to serious concern about the planning board, not least potential conflicts of interest and questions about its independence, writes Mick Clifford

Reports An Bord Pleanála may soon decide on re-examination of Ireland’s first supervised injection centre

It is believed that such concerns have never been raised before in the history of the planning board

The development also provides for a creche, seven neighbourhood play areas and a multi-use games area

Permission granted for a previous development on this site was overturned by the High Court