Frustration about housing and infrastructure has led to confusion between private interests, environmental obligations, and the processes at play to balance them against the public good.
“I think an awful lot of the criticism is based upon knowledge of our organisation three years ago,” says An Coimisiún Pleanála’s new CEO. In his first major interview, Peter Mullan explains how he is turning the ship around.
Aeropipeline Limited, the developer behind the ambitious plans to build a fuel pipeline from Dublin Port’s oil terminal to Dublin Airport has now applied for voluntary strike-off.
For years, the Cosgrave Property Group has tried to unlock a vast development site on the edge of Bray. The firm is now turning to the High Court.
Behind the battle over a new underground lies Dublin’s real transport dilemma: entrenched car dependency, generous parking perks, and resistance to congestion charges. The MetroLink risks distracting from reforms that could reshape the city sooner.
Major developers, a cinema mogul, the operator of Croke Park, and everyday farmers are among appellants seeking the removal of sites from the tax net, which came into effect earlier this year.
The waste entrepreneur wants to build the 217-bed project on property owned by one of his companies in the Blackpitts area. If permission is granted, it will add to his stable of hotel offerings in the capital.
The former Joyce museum, owned by the GAA manager and leading emergency accommodation provider, is currently occupied by a group of individuals believed to have anti-immigrant sentiments.
Forbairt Órga Teoranta has received €19.5 million in State payments to house international protection applicants and Ukrainian refugees since 2022. It now wants confirmation that it does not need planning to keep using the Clifton Court Hotel, as well as two other properties in Mayo.
The planning board went against the findings of its planner, who recommended granting permission for the expansion of the hotel owned by Eamon Waters.
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