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.
Plans for the former Magdalene laundry were lodged by Bellmount Good Shepherd Ltd, which is part owned by Pádraig and Seamus Kelleher who are building another 200-bed student complex in the city.
An Bord Pleanála overturned a grant of permission from Cork County Council, going against the findings of its own planner. The warehouses are vital to plans to expand its maturation storage capacity as its business grows.
The former Joyce museum, now owned by GAA manager and private emergency accommodation provider Séamus McEnaney, is currently occupied by a group with anti-immigration sentiments.
One of the country’s largest indigenous whiskey companies recently built out its distillery without planning as it bid to keep up with growing demand for its whiskey.
A surge in legal challenges is weighing down the planning system with uncertainty, complexity, and delays. If we are serious about delivering housing and infrastructure, we must restore faith in expert judgement.
After facing two judicial reviews into a 2017 marine licence, the Marine Institute gives up on long-held plans for its expanded ocean energy test site.
The company faces a significant hurdle with Cork County Council as it bids to get retention permission for a recent build at the Skibbereen distillery to keep up with growing international whiskey demand.
PFAS-contaminated soil was recently discovered in areas of Dublin Airport close to where the transport agency plans to tunnel for the airport station as part of the long-awaited €9.5bn MetroLink project.
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