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.
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.
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