High Court judicial review challenge centres around refusal of planning permission in March for a fast-track apartment scheme in Blackpool, Cork City, on a site near property owned by a company in which deputy chair of An Bord Pleanála Paul Hyde had a 25% share

Case concerns allegation that board's deputy chairperson did not declare conflict of interest over planning decision for 191 apartments in Cork city

Remy Farrell’s investigation will decide whether or not Paul Hyde had correctly disclosed all his relevant interests in the planning decisions

Mr Paul Hyde has absented himself from his role, without prejudice, to allow investigations into alleged conflicts of interest to conclude

Move follows decision by planning board's deputy chair Paul Hyde to step back from his role amid allegations of conflict of interest

Proposal is for a 15-acre infill site off the N71 Port Road, opposite the Killarney National Park

Planning board said the new plant, pumping stations, and associated infrastructure would not seriously injure the amenity of the area

Environmental group had brought judicial review on basis the environment where the infrastructure was to be built was 'highly sensitive', with the Beara Peninsula special protection area for birds encompassing both the island and mainland side

Paul Hyde has been accused of having a conflict of interest in some planning applications

Over 70 objections were lodged against the scheme with 26 parties now appealing the council decision to An Bord Pleanála

Airport could go into receivership if the funding cannot be obtained

Denis Calnan lodged an appeal to An Bord Pleanála after Cork County Council rejected his plans to build a single-storey coffee dock at Garreststown beach

Save Cork City Community Association appealing last year's High Court decision denying group stay on certain flood defence works in the city

A judicial review is a legal case which questions the appropriateness of a decision or action delivered by a Government department or statutory body

While the controversy over alleged conflict of interest turns focus on the planning board, other aspects of its work require further scrutiny

The application said that small livestock would continue to be able to graze between and beneath the solar arrays on “undeveloped grassland”

The power system is under 'considerable stress', experts have warned, with data centres a major contributing factor in this

Case had centred around the proposed redevelopment of Nassau St shop in Dublin, which was approved by Dublin City Council and An Bord Pleanála

The need for a credible planning system is greater than it ever was and the public deserves nothing less

The proposed change had been objected to by Xiu Lan Hotels, the hotel group which runs the Fota Island Resort