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Mike Glennon, of sawmill group Glennon Brothers, predicts that the Republic will have to begin importing timber to build houses. This is despite the 770,000 hectares under forest in the State. Photograph: Peter Byrne/PA
Red tape logjam creates fear for Irish timber supply

Vast swathes of trees are waiting to be felled in the Republic, but a bureaucratic tangle risks leaving them in the ground and threatening the supply (...)

Substitute consent allows developers ‘in exceptional circumstances’ to make a retrospectve application for a project that should have had an environmental impact assessment carried out before planning but did not. Photograph: iStock
Supreme Court rules ‘substitute consent’ inconsistent with EU environmental law

The Supreme Court has declared “substitute consent”, a form of retention permission in Irish planning law, inconsistent with the Environmental Impact (...)

A view of the Doonbeg golf course and resort hotel. File photograph: Niall Carson/PA Wire
Locals fear for future of Trump’s Doonbeg golf resort after sea wall planning refusal

There are fears among locals that the Trump organisation may pull out of Doonbeg, after Donald Trump’s Co Clare golf resort lost its bid for planning (...)

Deirdre Goggin at Ballindooley beside the Headford Road. She says the compulsory purchase of her home may ruin her financially. Photograph: Joe O’Shaughnessy.
Galway homeowners have spent years living under the threat of CPOs

Deirdre Goggin’s cottage on the Headfort Road in Galway is picture perfect even on a rainy day. Decades of work have gone into sculpting mature trees (...)

The Kerry slug, a species found in large numbers on the greenway route. Illustration: Michael Viney
Kerry slug and bat habitats will be disturbed by greenway, court told

A proposed cycling and pedestrian greenway will disturb the habitats for the Kerry slug and the lesser horseshoe bat, it has been claimed in a High Co(...)

Site expansion and the related investment will be taken in stages and are subject to change based on business, economic, and other factors, an Intel spokeswoman said. Photograph: Dave Meehan/The Irish Times
Intel welcomes planning approval for €3.6bn Leixlip facility

Chip manufacturer Intel has welcomed planning approval for a new €3.6 billion manufacturing facility at its campus in Leixlip, Co. Kildare. The proje(...)

Brent geese at Clontarf seafront: Crekav says the residents’ case could affect plans to develop the lands. Photograph: Alan Betson
Move to change Clontarf housing site to special area of conservation

An action aimed at having lands in Dublin earmarked for a major housing development designated as a special area of conservation is to be fast-tracked(...)

Environmental campaigner Peter Sweetman. Photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill/The Irish Times
Environmentalist challenges construction of grid connection to wind farm

A legal challenge by environmentalist Peter Sweetman over construction of the national grid connection to a wind farm in Co Wicklow is to be fast trac(...)

Kildare County Council has given the green light to Intel for its planned $4 billion (€3.53 billion) manufacturing fabrication facility in Leixlip.
Intel gets green light for $4bn development at Leixlip

Kildare Co Council has given the green light to Intel for its planned $4 billion (€3.53 billion) manufacturing fabrication (FAB) facility in Leixlip. (...)

Consultants for Intel have told Kildare County Council that the firm has already invested $12.5 billion on its site at Leixlip and the firm is seeking a 10-year planning permission for its new application. Photograph: Dave Meehan
Intel answers council’s questions on planning application for $4bn Leixlip plant

The way is clear for Intel to get the go-ahead for its planned $4 billion (€3.5 billion) manufacturing fabrication (FAB) facility at its Leixlip plant(...)

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