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The Construction Industry of Federation says the amount of land zoned for new homes is behind the actual need.

In respect of Judicial Review application, the courts tend to look at the decision-making process and whether proper procedures were followed when coming to a decision.

Under the draft Planning and Development Bill 2022 recently launched by the Department of Housing, An Bord Pleanála would be rebranded as a commission named An Coimisiún Pleanála

Kieran White, SVP Europe Onshore, Ørsted, looks at the steps Ireland must take to achieve its sustainable energy goals

Independent council raised issues in a letter to Coalition leaders and Minister for Housing, Darragh O’Brien, on Tuesday

Proposed changes to the law to restrict who can seek a judicial review of a planning decision need a rethink, the committee of TDs and senators scrutinising the proposals have said.

A new pension system and a ban on conversion therapy are other issues to be addressed.

Oonagh Buckley said many legal firms in Ireland have ‘business models associated’ with taking judicial reviews against the state

One of the country’s leading planning lawyers has hit back at remarks made about him by the new chair of An Bord Pleanála, saying they were unwarranted and inappropriate.

The Synthesis Report published three weeks ago by the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) came as no surprise to many — including Dublin lawyer Rose Wall — when it stressed that climate-related impacts are hitting the world much more quickly than previou