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The recently-elected Cathaoirleach of Mayo County Council has ambitious aims for his term as the first citizen of the county

Councillors rezoned lands around Broadford and Cooraclare in anticipation of both villages getting water treatment plants which have not yet been approved

There are hopes that the issue of dereliction in Bundoran will be tackled as part of the County Development Plan 2024-2030.   Donegal County Council

The Minister for State at the Department Of Housing and Local Government has issued a final direction for Clare’s County Development Plan. The Directive has ordered the local authority to rezone a total of twenty subject lands including fifteen previously designated for Residential use. On the 18th of April, Minister of State, Kieran O’Donnell criticised Clare […]

An East Clare councillor has described a ministerial directive ordering the rezoning of lands in the county development plan as the height of rural neglect. Lands throughout the county previously designated for housing have now been ordered to revert for use as Agricultural, Mixed use and Village Growth Area settlements. Under recommendations from the Office of the […]

The NGOs claim that the proposed plant will be located in an environmentally sensitive area.

Gort Biogas Group CLG and the Burren Lowlands CLG have brought a court challenge over the decision to grant planning permission

Two Non-Governmental Organisations have launched a High Court challenge over a decision to grant planning permission for a biogas plant close to what are claimed to be environmentally sensitive areas in County Galway.

An Bord Pleanála (ABP) has ruled that Cairn Homes must now provide an amenity building which was promised for the cost-rental housing scheme at Archers Wood, Delgany, following an appeal by local Green Party Councillor Lourda Scott to the decision by Wicklow County Council to permit the facility to be dropped from the plans.

Election, which follows 2019 plebiscite, will take place on same day as Local and European Elections in June 2024