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Councillors in the Kenmare Municipal District were repeatedly warned by Council officials that they are knowingly marching into a battle with the Office of the Planning Regulator.

Councillors in the Kenmare Municipal District were repeatedly warned by Council officials that they are knowingly marching into a battle with the Office of the Planning Regulator.

Wicklow County Council has given the go-ahead for a revamp of the Circle K service station at Kilmacanoge on the N11 southbound, despite submissions from local councillors, which included concerns over “noise, light and litter pollution,”

Sligo County Council has given the green light for the building of 127 houses on the outskirts of Sligo.

By Suzanne Pender A MOTION calling for national guidance in relation to the placement of solar projects on agricultural land was defeated at a recent meeting of…

The Avon in Blessington have failed to overturn a planning refusal for a change of use for a tennis court and car parking area to an area for the parking of vehicles where food is served from mobile vehicles.

BY KIERAN O’MAHONYA COUNCILLOR has called for urgent short-term measures to be implemented to tackle the lack of secondary school places in Clonakilty after it emerged that 34 students have failed to secure a place at the co-educational Clonakilty Community College for next yea

Securing funding for one of the country’s most unique but remote graveyards – the extraordinary Abbey Island cemetery in Derrynane – must be a priority project for Kerry County Council.

By Suzanne Pender A LOCAL family could end up €100,000 “out of pocket” because they have been denied the opportunity to build their forever home in their own…

Elected members of Wicklow County Council have given their unanimous approval for a variation to the County Development Plan that will see a parcel of land in Rathdrum rezoned to create a new haven for local biodiversity.