Developer facing jail benefited from Minister’s planning ruling on same day as sentencing
Sligo developer Cathal O’Connor faces two years in prison for violent assault on three teenagers
Planning Regulator
Bigger extensions, dormers, subdivided homes, bike sheds: What planning changes are coming?
Proposals being made to shelve, or ease, requirements for a range of minor works
Cabinet to approve lifting of Dublin Airport’s 32m passenger cap
Minister for Infrastructure Jack Chambers to present rule changes in attempt to shorten approval process for critical projects
High Court action against legal fees cap expected
Minister for Environment wants to cap State legal payments to €65,805
Judicial reviews blocking vital infrastructure and housing to be restricted
In the absence of change, critical shortages of water and power likely within a few years, notes report
State agencies and departments to be encouraged to take risks in developing major projects
Infrastructural acceleration plan also promises to streamline visa process for construction workers coming to work here
Legal fees could be capped at €41,000 for standard judicial review cases
Move comes amid wider plans to stem legal actions that can hold up projects as part of accelerating infrastructure plan
Ranelagh’s latest MetroLink objection highlights bananas nature of hyper-minority rule
Ireland is moving from a democracy to ‘vetocracy’, where governance is paralysed because someone, somewhere holds a veto
Rotunda Hospital calls for review of planning process amid objections to new €100m critical care wing
Dublin Civil Trust argues proposed building would transform western side of Parnell Square ‘into a street’
Could we build Ardnacrusha now? Not a chance
We should not fall into the trap of thinking that everything is a disaster, but I am afraid something has gone badly wrong with the way the State is run
Irish councils lack ability to plan big cities, conference told
Current planning system ‘facilitates dereliction’, says Senator Michael McDowell
Complaint sent to regulator over An Bord Pleanála’s scrutiny of wind farm cases
Community & Environmental Protection Alliance claims HSE is precluded from reviewing developments that could affect public health
The ‘give it a lash’ attitude of developers is contributing to Dublin’s dereliction problem
Long delays, failed projects and a city centre blighted by derelict sites – maybe it’s time for more realistic planning applications
Dundrum apartments decision a symptom of broken planning system
If compact living is really the goal of national policy, then Ireland really needs to get a lot better at this. Our planning system rarely acts in the interests of renters
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