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.
Coolglass Wind Farm, whose planning application was refused by An Bord Pleanála, has won a judicial review brought under climate legislation.
Earlier this year, the local authority in Fingal refused permission for the Holiday Inn Hotel to keep using its car park for airport parking. An Bord Pleanála has now doubled down on the council's decision.
In late 2022, Laois County Council opened an enforcement case over a grass runway used by the aviation enthusiast at his estate and an unauthorised parking area beside it. The file was recently closed off.
Seefin Events has already asked An Bord Pleanála to rule if planning is needed for buildings at the holiday village currently used for asylum housing which Wicklow County Council has ordered to be demolished.
The city has some of the highest levels of urban dereliction in the country. Growing pressure from local activists is paying off and the council is ramping up action. Who is letting valuable buildings fall to ruin and what is being done about it?
As the British government re-introduces housebuilding targets and amps up affordability, should Ireland take note of its approach to objectors?
The owners of the luxury hotel want the council to outright refuse planning permission for the development, the latest snag to hit the tycoon’s plans to build out a range of hotel offerings in the capital.
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