Environment
Wind Energy Ireland calls for funding for planning system
In its Budget 2025 submission, Wind Energy Ireland has called on the government to give the planning system the funding...
Planning
Rural Life
Farmer denied planning permission in 20-year right of way dispute
By Gordon Deegan An Bord Pleanála has refused planning permission to a Co. Clare farmer in a planning row between...
Rural Life
New An Bord Pleanála appointments should 'speed up' decisions - senator
The Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage, today (Monday, August, 26) confirmed that he has temporarily increased the maximum...
Rural Life
205ha solar farm granted planning permission in Meath
Planning permission has been granted by Meath County Council this week, for the construction of a 500ac solar farm in...
Rural Life
Cattle sheds and silage pit could replace former Laois mink farm
The owners of a former mink farm in Co. Laois have applied for planning permission for it to be demolished...
Agri-Business
An Bord Pleanála refuses permission for Kildare dairy farm
An Bord Pleanála has overturned a decision by Kildare County Council and refused planning permission for a new dairy farm...
Rural Life
Planning system is 'slow, inefficient and at mercy of serial objectors'
Ireland South MEP Sean Kelly has reiterated his call for a major overhaul of the Irish planning system to be...
Rural Life
Ceann Comhairle objects to solar farm plan for Kildare farmland
By Gordon Deegan Ceann Comhairle, Seán Ó’Fearghaíl TD, has raised concerns over a planned €100 million solar farm that is to...
Tillage
Strategic plan needed for spring planting of cereal crops - expert
Tillage farmers are being urged to put a strategic plan in place, when it comes to tackling the 2024 spring...
Dairy News
An Bord Pleanála rejects environmentalist's milking parlour appeal
An Bord Pleanála has rejected an appeal made by an environmentalist against a milking parlour development in Co. Meath. In...
Rural Life
Planning row between Clare households after 20-year land dispute
By Gordon Deegan A planning row has broken out between north Clare farm households who have already been engaged in...
Rural Life
Planning sought for 205ha solar farm in Meath
Planning permission is being sought for a proposed solar farm across 205ha in Co. Meath which could provide electricity to...
Environment
How anaerobic digestion can benefit and challenge Irish farmers
As we await publication of the government’s National Biomethane Strategy, Ireland is playing catch-up with other countries when it comes...
Rural Life
Recommendation to restrict rural housing a 'political non-starter' - Nolan
A recommendation that new rural housing should be directed towards “rural towns and villages” could make “vast swathes of rural...
Rural Life
Macra: Planning reform must ensure youth can stay in rural Ireland
An overhaul of planning guidelines for one-off rural housing must ensure that young people can stay in rural Ireland, according...
Rural Life
TD concerned about 'planning limbo' in rural areas
An independent TD has said that she is deeply concerned about the ‘planning limbo’ being faced by people in rural...
Rural Life
New housing guidelines to include right to build in rural areas
New housing guidelines will include the right to build your own home in remote areas and in rural Ireland if...
Rural Life
15 objections to Kildare solar farm lodged with An Bord Pleanála
By Gordon Deegan 15 appeals have been lodged with An Bord Pleanála by parties seeking to block plans for a...