An Bord Pleanala approve €20m Offaly retail project
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FULL planning permission has been granted for a €20m retail, cinema and restaurant complex on Church Road in Tullamore.
Tony Flanagan, the local man who heads up the development company hoping to build the Riverside centre, was told on Tuesday (May 11) that An Bord Pleanala had given the project the green light.
The planning decision opens the way for a major retailer to come to Tullamore after years of stagnation in the local market.
Mr Flanagan s company bought the site over four years ago and he drew up plans for a mixed-use development across five blocks up to three storeys high.
BBC News
By Mark Simpson
The continued peace in Northern Ireland is a credit to its people, the Queen has said.
In a message to mark 100 years since the creation of NI, she called it a significant centenary for both the United Kingdom and Ireland . This anniversary reminds us of our complex history, she said.
She added that it provided an opportunity to reflect on our togetherness and our diversity .
Her message came exactly 100 years since the state was founded on 3 May 1921.
The Queen also paid tribute to NI s rich mix of identities, backgrounds and aspirations .
She said political progress and the peace process were rightly credited to a generation of leaders who had the vision and courage to put reconciliation before division .
BBC News
By Mark Simpson
The continued peace in Northern Ireland is a credit to its people, the Queen has said.
In a message to mark 100 years since the creation of NI, she called it a significant centenary for both the United Kingdom and Ireland . This anniversary reminds us of our complex history, she said.
She added that it provided an opportunity to reflect on our togetherness and our diversity .
Her message came exactly 100 years since the state was founded on 3 May 1921.
The Queen also paid tribute to NI s rich mix of identities, backgrounds and aspirations .
She said political progress and the peace process were rightly credited to a generation of leaders who had the vision and courage to put reconciliation before division .
BBC News
By Mark Simpson
image captionThe state opening of parliament was attended by King George V
There was no fanfare, no pomp and no ceremony on the day that Northern Ireland was founded 100 years ago.
The date was 3 May 1921 and it has gone down in history as the starting point for Northern Ireland and the beginning of a political border on the island of Ireland.
However, the day itself was largely uneventful.
On the stroke of midnight on the first Tuesday in May 1921, Northern Ireland came into existence.
Ireland s 32 counties were officially split into two separate entities with Northern Ireland comprising six of them - Antrim, Armagh, Down, Fermanagh, Londonderry and Tyrone.