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.
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.
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