Full coverage: An Taisce

An Taisce brought the planning appeal against the grant of retention planning to Sunville Construction Ltd, a company owned by the political dynasty, to keep processing rock at a quarry near Crohane. The rock is used in road construction, and clients include the local authority.

The political dynasty and the heritage charity have clashed over climate and farming issues in the recent past. Now, An Taisce wants retention planning planning quashed for a Healy-Rae quarry in Kerry.

Last May, Laura Roddy published an in-depth article in The Currency explaining the controversy surrounding a proposed new cheese factory in Kilkenny. Today, she became the first ever recipient of the Climate Justice Reporting Award for this work.

International businessman Anthony Sheedy said he planned to downsize by buying a 230-acre manor estate in Waterford. But when the sale collapsed, the legal fallout revealed there was more to the deal than met the eye.