The real Temple Bar: Thriving cultural quarter or ‘a violent post-apocalyptic place’?
Business leaders argue that the district is moving in the right direction and reject a judge’s recent stark depiction of it as a ‘no-go area’
An Bord Pleanála
Magheramore Beach: The €613,000 Wicklow council paid to secure access was ‘likely less than cost of court challenge’
Local authority argued purchase would be less a less expensive means of guaranteeing a right of way than going to court
Conor McGregor is refused planning permission to build ‘stately home’-style house
Proposed 32,693 sq ft property ‘would set precedent’ for ‘out-of-scale’ dwellings, says An Coimisiún Pleanála
Permission given for new office block on Dublin City Arts Centre site
Scheme had faced opposition including from local school, OPW and An Taisce
‘Great day’ for Slane as long-awaited bypass gets approval from An Coimisiún Pleanála
Original proposal turned down 13 years ago as route was too close to Brú na Bóinne Unesco world heritage site
College Green plaza redevelopment budget soars to €80m
Now eight years old, plan unlikely to reach completion until at least end of decade
Legal challenges to Dart expansion plans dropped
Irish Rail reaches settlements over judicial review proceedings against Dart+ West
Dublin Airport has not addressed effects of noise on people living near flight paths, warns sleep expert
An Bord Pleanála due to issue final decision on night-time flights after lengthy deliberation
‘We’re blasted out of it’: Living under Dublin Airport’s flight paths
An imminent planning ruling could mean more aircraft noise for Co Dublin residents but they say the level is already ‘intolerable’
‘We’ve dropped the ball’: Ireland’s housing targets will be missed because the water, electricity and roads required can’t be delivered
Badly needed scaling up of house-building is threatened by transport and utilities projects stuck in the planning pipeline. What is to be done?
Dublin airport operator warned over passenger cap breach
DAA says Fingal County Council enforcement notice highlights planning system `mess’
Eamon Waters firm appeals refusal for Baggot St hotel
Businessman seeking permission for 113 bedroom hotel
Creeslough: Planning permission refused for petrol station at site of explosion in which 10 people died
Original grant of planning permission by Donegal County Council was appealed by a number of family members of the deceased
Creeslough families denied opportunity to speak during appeal against plans to rebuild petrol station
An Bord Pleanála rules out objectors’ request for oral hearing in the case
Clarence Hotel set to nearly triple in size after appeal dropped
Way now clear for hotel operator to add 104 bedrooms
There is a way to unblock Ireland’s infrastructural logjam
The Victorian model of having the legislature authorise major infrastructural development is the answer
High Court dismisses challenge to Co Clare wind farm plan
Opposition group had sought quashing of permission for Fahybeg wind farm
Engineering consultancy Ramboll interested in Metrolink bid
Executive says airport rail project, promised for delivery by 2035, is badly needed
Housing emergency? Ireland is not even acting at the level of mildly urgent
We are heading for a decade of failure to get to grips with a growing social disaster. That’s long enough to fix things, even in Ireland
Construction contract for first BusConnects corridor to be signed next month
First corridors to get under way will be on Liffey Valley-city centre and Ballymun/Finglas-city centre routes
Wind Energy Ireland warns immediate Government action needed ‘to protect’ offshore wind ‘opportunity’
Plan outlines critical steps to overcome planning delays and ensure first-phase projects become reality
Approval for Mayo data centre plan is appealed
Planning consultant said data centre site was chosen ‘outside grid-constrained areas and in a region with a surplus of renewable power’
Bord Pleanála’s appeal over climate law duties could have ‘far-reaching consequences’, senior judges say
Supreme Court agrees to hear case of ‘systemic importance for the entire planning process’
Water utility warns on reforms needed for housing targets: ‘The scale of the task is immense’
Uisce Éireann calls for range of planning and legal issues to be addressed to tackle housing crisis, document sent to Government shows
Final BusConnects corridor secures planning permission
Kimmage to city centre route the last of 12, but six remain in judicial review process
Two Dublin schemes from Sretaw Hotel Group refused permission
Proposed 61-bed hotel close to St Stephen’s Green and 113-bed hotel on Baggot Street Lower rejected
Dublin Airport cap row: Minister for Transport hopes legislation can resolve dispute over passenger numbers
Darragh O’Brien is hopeful for a solution that can also respect independence of planning process
Permission for 10-storey Donnybrook village apartment development quashed by High Court
Red Rock Donnybrook Ltd had green light to redevelop Circle K-occupied site
Residents near Dublin Airport to meet Minister over planning and environmental worries
Darragh O’Brien has met airlines and other groups and will continue meetings in the coming weeks
Collapsed Victorian cottage in Ranelagh is owned by Construction Industry Federation
have been listed on Dublin City Council’s Derelict Site Register since June 2023
Friends of Irish Environment bring High Court challenge against Shannon LNG permission
Group claims An Bord Pleanála breached Irish and European law in granting permission for the proposed development
Irish Sea wind farm developers asked to revise planning applications amid concerns about cumulative effect
Coddling and Dublin Array wind farms account for 33km line from Dún Laoghaire to Wicklow
Reforming the planning laws: ‘It was never going to be a short-term solution to the housing problem’
Within weeks An Bord Pleánala will become An Coimisiún Pleanála - but what impact will it have and how is it changing?
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