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Basketball Ireland submits further details on €35m redevelopment of National Basketball Arena

Project envisages demolition of the existing arena and the construction of a new multi-sports facility which would double its capacity to almost 3,300

Michael Clifford

Mick Clifford: Quick, an election is coming, let's rush through legislation

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companies

Challenges to RZLT decisions have become moot, High Court told

Housing stock

comment-analysis

Attracta Uí Bhroin: Planning bill could delay delivery of homes and climate infrastructure

Defence Forces deployment in Kosovo set to be extended for further year

politics

Defence Forces deployment in Kosovo set to be extended for further year

Bid to build 42 homes on historic Montenotte site is refused

S munster

Bid to build 42 homes on historic Montenotte site is refused

Ambitious plan for Cork town will be open for public vote from Wednesday

Ambitious plan for Cork town will be open for public vote from Wednesday

Carrigtwohill 2040 proposals include a decade of festivals to help put the East Cork town on the tourism map alongside Fota Wildlife Park and Midleton Distillery

Mon, 13 May, 2024

Daa chief warns airlines to 'think twice' before planning flights to Dublin Airport

Daa chief warns airlines to 'think twice' before planning flights to Dublin Airport

Airport operator seeks increase in passenger cap from 32m to 40m but that process could take years, says Kenny Jacobs

Wed, 01 May, 2024

Letters to the editor: Simon Coveney has not been kind to the environment

Letters to the editor: Simon Coveney has not been kind to the environment

A reader takes Simon Coveney to task for the former minister's record on environmental issues

Wed, 10 Apr, 2024

An Bord Pleanála's backlog continues with 2,400 cases to be resolved

An Bord Pleanála's backlog continues with 2,400 cases to be resolved

Report says around 2,400 files remain on the caseload

Sun, 25 Feb, 2024

Stormont Assembly

Irish Examiner view: All parties in the North must work together on behalf of the electorate

The return of the DUP to Stormont is just the start: The Executive must work to win progress for the people who elected them

Wed, 31 Jan, 2024

One person's legal challenge stalling the building of 852 homes in Dublin

One person's legal challenge stalling the building of 852 homes in Dublin

Representatives of LDA due before the Oireachtas Housing Committee for a quarterly update on affordable housing

Tue, 23 Jan, 2024

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Cabinet to hear terms of reference for Defence Forces abuse tribunal

Tánaiste Micheál Martin has committed to setting up a statutory inquiry to investigate whether there have been systemic failures in the complaints system

Tue, 16 Jan, 2024

METROLINK; MINISTER EAMON RYAN TD

Government must take 'unprecedented' action to achieve key climate and housing goals

ESRI warns of shortage of necessary resources to deliver on large-scale infrastructure projects

Fri, 12 Jan, 2024

Youghal gets go-ahead for houses on site of former factory

Youghal gets go-ahead for houses on site of former factory

Cork County Council grants permission for 20 of the 33 proposed units on the site of Seafield Technical Textiles

Sat, 30 Dec, 2023

Planning granted for Mahon hotel in Cork despite TII objections

Planning granted for Mahon hotel in Cork despite TII objections

New 10-storey hotel planned for Jacob’s Island given the green light by An Bord Pleanála

Mon, 04 Dec, 2023

Planners refuse Mairead Ronan's Waterford extension designed by Dermot Bannon

Planners refuse Mairead Ronan's Waterford extension designed by Dermot Bannon

Dermot Bannon’s architectural firm draw up plans for a 2,518 sq ft extension—almost a four-fold increase on the existing 648 sq ft home

Thu, 23 Nov, 2023

Cork Diwali event sees launch of plan for Ireland's first Indian-Irish cultural centre

Cork Diwali event sees launch of plan for Ireland's first Indian-Irish cultural centre

Indian community in Cork celebrate festival of lights with music, dance, and gifts — and ambitious plans for a cultural centre including a temple and apartments

Tue, 21 Nov, 2023

A man uses the Airbnb smartphone app while stood in a tall building overlooking a busy city street (Editorial use only)

Airbnb owners call for halt to regulation plans

Irish Self Catering Federation’s conference takes place ahead of a landmark decision due in the European Parliament

Tue, 14 Nov, 2023

Irish Examiner view: We must look more closely at protests by lawyers and gardaí

Irish Examiner view: We must look more closely at protests by lawyers and gardaí

The Irish justice system came under pressure on Tuesday as barristers went on strike and gardaí refused voluntary overtime

Wed, 04 Oct, 2023

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Q&A: What is the new Planning and Development Bill and what will it change?

Tadgh McNally lays out the practical impacts of Ireland's new planning law, the main changes it will make, and key criticisms of the reforms

Tue, 03 Oct, 2023

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Letters to the Editor: Integrated healthcare is making a difference to older people

Two readers offer first-hand perspectives on healthcare for older people in Ireland, while other readers consider issues including public sector pay, transport, and peace in the Middle East

Tue, 19 Sep, 2023

Revised plans for St Stephen's Green centre lodged

Revised plans for St Stephen's Green centre lodged

Additional retail and food and beverage uses along with a two-screen cinema proposed

Fri, 08 Sep, 2023

Leaving certificate exams

Cabinet members back Foley's plan to support schools that ban smartphones

Education Minister seeks to support schools forbidding the use of smartphones but legislation is not expected

Mon, 04 Sep, 2023

Council puts 51 conditions on Cork's largest-ever development of 1,300 homes

Council puts 51 conditions on Cork's largest-ever development of 1,300 homes

Developers told they must not sell any of the new docklands properties to hedge funds

Mon, 28 Aug, 2023

Final designs for Cork event centre raise hopes the project will be completed

Final designs for Cork event centre raise hopes the project will be completed

The development has been beset by delays caused by planning, redesigns, requests for further state funding, and the pandemic

Thu, 24 Aug, 2023

Drawer of wooden commode full of paper documents

Paul Hosford: Why has the State been sitting on the Mulcahy Report for six years?

The report into planning corruption allegations — which themselves date back to 2010 — is still under lock and key. It's a fine example of the sclerosis that holds up reform in Ireland

Sat, 12 Aug, 2023

Department halts its probe into thousands of unactivated planning permissions

Department halts its probe into thousands of unactivated planning permissions

After discovering so many unused permissions — including 43,000 units in Dublin alone — department has decided not to ask why this is happening

Tue, 25 Jul, 2023

Residents' black card for Douglas GAA club's new access road plan

Residents' black card for Douglas GAA club's new access road plan

Over 40 submissions have been made against a Cork City GAA club’s planning application for a new pitch and an access road which has been described as a Trojan horse designed to open up adjoining private land for development.

Sun, 23 Jul, 2023

Vernon Mount Bridge: Cork City Council agrees name of new flyover bridge after tight vote

Vernon Mount Bridge: Cork City Council agrees name of new flyover bridge after tight vote

Councillors picked the name for the South Ring Road cycle and pedestrian bridge from some 500 public submissions

Mon, 10 Jul, 2023

An Bord Pleanala / Cobblestone

Mick Clifford: Kenny exit shuts the book on 'annus horribilis' for An Bord Pleanála

The exit of the board’s planning director means that whoever is appointed chairperson of An Bord Pleanála will now have a clean slate with which to work, writes Mick Clifford

Mon, 26 Jun, 2023

Rachel Kenny is third senior figure to exit An Bord Pleanála

Rachel Kenny is third senior figure to exit An Bord Pleanála

Rachel Kenny, one of the figures at the centre of a major controversy in An Bord Pleanála last year, is leaving her post as director of planning

Mon, 26 Jun, 2023

Ascending stacks of coins next to a model home

Daft.ie data shows first yearly fall in Irish house prices since 2020

Average house prices in Ireland fell in the second quarter of this year compared to the same period in 2022

Mon, 26 Jun, 2023

Cobh: Council draws up plan for 1,300 homes and new railway station on 57 hectare site

Cobh: Council draws up plan for 1,300 homes and new railway station on 57 hectare site

Council planner says major state investment will be needed to develop the site at Newtown on the north side of Cobh

Mon, 12 Jun, 2023

An Bord Pleanala appointments

An Bord Pleanála chair apologises for Fred Logue remarks

It was reported that Ms Buckley told the Irish Planning Institute conference that Mr Logue’s firm was responsible for half of judicial reviews against the board and that this was lucrative business

Thu, 27 Apr, 2023

Scotland drug deaths

Scottish Government launches 20-minute neighbourhood consultation

The Scottish Government is seeking views on an initiative designed to ensure the majority of people’s needs can be met within 20 minutes of their home.

Thu, 27 Apr, 2023

An Bord Pleanala appointments

Cianan Brennan: Blame game not a good start for the new-look An Bord Pleanála

If the board is to earn public trust once more, it makes little sense to publicly follow the familiar playbook of saying that access to legal redress is the problem, writes Cianan Brennan

Thu, 27 Apr, 2023

Cork school hopes for green light after seven-year wait for planning

Cork school hopes for green light after seven-year wait for planning

Educate Together secondary school has been housed in temporary accommodation since 2015

Mon, 24 Apr, 2023

Major row brewing in East Cork over grain warehouse plans

Major row brewing in East Cork over grain warehouse plans

Residents of Barryscourt near Carrigtwohill object to plans for Owenacurra Agri's barley storage and drying plant

Sun, 23 Apr, 2023

Kerry villagers resist Eir's latest bid to build telecoms mast

Kerry villagers resist Eir's latest bid to build telecoms mast

Mobile network is appealing the refusal of its third application to erect the telecommunications mast in Knocknagoshel

Wed, 08 Mar, 2023

New planning law will provoke 'chaotic' legal challenges, groups warn

New planning law will provoke 'chaotic' legal challenges, groups warn

Two groups say the measures in the proposed Planning and Development Bill 'appear to be more driven by lobbyist influence and popular narrative than by evidence'

Sun, 05 Mar, 2023

FILE PHOTO The High Court has seen four cases brought against the State from women sent to give birth in Mother and Baby homes.

Judge numbers to be increased and new planning court to be established

The Government is to significantly increase the number of judges in Ireland to combat significant backlogs in the country’s courts, the Irish Examiner can reveal.

Fri, 24 Feb, 2023

Housing Stock

The new planning bill — forty shades of green or fifty shades of grey?

Provisions in the bill which propose to make it more difficult to pursue judicial review of public authorities, if enacted, will mean those awaiting homes and critical infrastructure will suffer and it will have profound impacts on local environmental groups

Wed, 22 Feb, 2023

Housing Stock

'Not enough time' to consider new planning bill, councillors claim

Country's councillors say new bill will remove their power to decide on housing developments in their local areas

Tue, 21 Feb, 2023

Construction worker busy working at job site. Framed building. Materials.

Planners will face fines for missing deadlines under proposed new planning law

Oireachtas committee hears that planning authorities — including An Bord Pleanála / An Coimisiún Pleanála will be penalised for deviating from mandatory timelines

Tue, 07 Feb, 2023

DENIS SCANNELL

Planning application for Mallow relief road expected to be lodged before end of year

The timeline was confirmed in a response to a parliamentary question to the Transport Minister Eamon Ryan from local Labour TD Sean Sherlock

Sun, 05 Feb, 2023

Irish Examiner view: A system no longer fit for purpose

Irish Examiner view: A system no longer fit for purpose

Fri, 27 Jan, 2023

€450m Limerick road project faces two High Court challenges

€450m Limerick road project faces two High Court challenges

Foynes to Limerick project has been in the works since 2014 and was given approval last August

Tue, 17 Jan, 2023

Catherine Conlon: Nimbys need to realise their objections to new housing harms all of society

Catherine Conlon: Nimbys need to realise their objections to new housing harms all of society

People do not equate the impact that stalling a new housing development in their area has on the inability of their adult children to find a home, or on staff shortages in health and education

Mon, 26 Dec, 2022

An Bord Pleanala appointments

Planning regulator finds demoralised workforce at An Bord Pleanála

External reviewers employed by the OPR to conduct the investigation found a backlog of cases and reduced staff morale

Tue, 20 Dec, 2022