The Department of Justice moved residents out of two buildings at the rear of the Dublin Airport Manor hotel earlier this year after the local authority alerted it to their "unauthorised” use in March 2025.
Dublin City Council found the proposed tourist hostel in a protected building would set an undesirable precedent for similar development in the historic area, as well as devalue property in the vicinity.
An Coimisiún Pleanála refused retention planning permission to Seefin Events Unlimited for works at the Wicklow holiday village done without permission from the council which had ordered them to be demolished.
A key advisor for the Magnier family’s Swiss office is now listed as a director of the company which owns the shopping centre. The Currency previously revealed JP McManus has an interest in the iconic property.
Melclon Unlimited has secured planning approval for a 96-home development despite significant local opposition from residents in an adjoining housing estate over traffic, privacy, and other concerns.
The management company for the Beech Hill Office Campus, connected to the property investment firm Gresham House, recently queried the granting of planning exemptions for two companies to convert office blocks into temporary emergency accommodation.
The Metrolink challenge, now in mediation until Christmas, highlights an uncomfortable truth: Ireland’s planning and review processes are so fragmented that even broadly supported projects can be frozen by legal disputes, not planning substance.
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.
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