Will Fadden, director of operations at Westar Developments, said the company would only build 30 to 40 homes in the area a year

Clane Community Council has been granted leave to lodge three judicial reviews related to decisions to grant planning permission for more than 500 new homes in the area

Dating from the 1700s, Firmount House has been through many incarnations, including serving as a WWI military hospital and later as a safe house for Eamon de Valera. Its current owners have brought it back to its former glory and it is on the market for €1.6m