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Developer at odds with Dublin City Council over planned aparthotel in capital

Red Rock Developments has appealed to An Bord Pleanála over an order to shrink a proposed aparthotel on Foley Street in Dublin, arguing the move would make the development commercially unviable

Report into Bord Pleanála planning practices sent to Minister

Darragh O’Brien appointed Remy Farrell, senior counsel, to conduct investigation into alleged conflicts of interest at the planning body

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State must solve planning issues to ease the way for renewable energy

As we face into a winter of energy crisis and gas rationing, politicians can no longer put Ireland’s creaking energy system on the back burner

Belgian tax evader is given green light to build Irish homes

Belgian millionaire’s firm received planning approval for 384 houses and apartments in Limerick in spite of his conviction for large scale tax evasion

Best-laid plans: How developers are letting sleeping sites lie

Around the country, an estimated 50,000-80,000 planned homes have failed to materialise in spite of being approved

Cause for objection: What is going on at Bord Pleanála, and what happens next?

The shock resignation of planning board deputy chairman Paul Hyde may only be the beginning of the reckoning being faced by the beleaguered state body after last week’s three-hour PAC grilling of its chairman, which focused on governance issues, transparency and alleged conflicts of interest

‘Secrecy jurisdiction’ and tax haven companies to build 8,400 homes here

Foreign-based property firms controlled by mystery shareholders plan to construct large apartment blocks for the rental sector under the SHD scheme

Report into Bord Pleanála planning practices must be published without delay – Ó Broin

Reacting to the resignation of the Bord’s deputy chair, Paul Hyde, the Sinn Féin spokesman for housing said that action must be taken to restore public confidence in the planning system

Ireland is ‘firefighting’ energy crisis of own making, Statkraft boss says

Statkraft Ireland’s managing director Kevin O’Donovan says the national grid operator must move quickly to prevent high energy prices becoming ‘baked into’ the system

Government ‘deluded’ about 80% renewable energy by 2030

John Reilly, head of power generation at Bord na Móna, says there are too many bottlenecks in the system for the state’s targets to be met

Taoiseach told by US billionaire that Shannon LNG venture is ‘shovel-ready’

Wesley Edens, the co-founder of New Fortress Energy, wrote to Micheál Martin last March to make a fresh pitch for the Shannon LNG terminal to go ahead

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Keegan takes aim at Hyde’s Docklands planning decision

Dublin City Council chief executive’s criticism comes amid increased scrutiny of the planning body

An Bord Pleanála’s Hyde inquiry to focus on 200 planning cases

The internal review is separate to an investigation being overseen by senior counsel Remy Farrell

Calls for wider review into An Bord Pleanála following allegations

A number of allegations have been published about the board in recent weeks relating to its deputy chairman Paul Hyde

Green power cable developer warns of bottleneck in approval of clean energy projects

Boss of €500 million Greenlink Interconnector to Britain says state agencies urgently need help to process a huge number of renewables projects that are in the pipeline

State owes €5 million in fines over defunct Galway wind farm

Derrybrien facility has been taken offline by ESB after failed planning process

O’Brien and An Bord Pleanála face pressure to address concerns about official

Allegations of conflicts of interest made about the deputy chair of the planning board will be the subject of questions in the Oireachtas

Hundreds of homes at O’Devaney Gardens can now be sold to funds

Veto on sale of 524 homes to a ‘corporate entity’ had meant they would have to be sold to individuals or used for social housing

Renewable energy industry has ‘no confidence’ in government to deliver on targets

A letter sent by an industry body to Darragh O’Brien, the Minister for Housing, has outlined how renewable energy projects are waiting well over a year for planning decisions to be made

Kelly slams lack of progress on reform of Bord Pleanála

Labour leader said lack of ‘political will’ was the reason why only 36 of 101 recommendations had been implemented in six years since independent review