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Ethics and legal units to be set up in Ireland’s planning appeals body

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Ireland’s planning appeal body needs ethics and legal units, report says

The Government has published its plan to reform Ireland’s planning appeals body, which includes setting up an ethics unit and an in-house legal department. After a report from the Office of the Planning Regulator (OPR) into An Bord Pleanala, ...

04 Oct 2022 at 16:20

National News

Planning report into An Bord Pleanala allegations referred to DPP and the Garda

Housing Minister Darragh O’Brien has referred a planning report into “certain decisions” at An Bord Pleanala to the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP), the Garda and the Standards in Public Office (SIPO). Mr O’Brien said he referred the ...

15 Aug 2022 at 22:18

National News

Housing Minister says An Bord Pleanala appointments to be halted pending reforms

Ireland’s Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage Darragh O’Brien has said appointments to the planning appeals body will be “effectively” halted after he referred the findings of an independent report to Gardai and the ...

16 Aug 2022 at 16:14

National News

An Bord Pleanala spent more on legal costs in 2022 than ever before

The interim chairperson of An Bord Pleanala has said the planning body spent more on legal fees in 2022 than it had in any other year. Oonagh Buckley said the board spent “almost 10 million” euros on legal costs for 2022. At the ...

27 Apr 2023 at 13:59

National News

Planning body being ‘overwhelmed’ with surge in judicial review cases

Ireland’s planning appeals body is being “to a certain extent overwhelmed” by a surge of judicial reviews against its decisions, a Dail committee has been told. Oonagh Buckley, interim chair of An Bord Pleanala, was giving ...

09 Feb 2023 at 12:26

National News

Planning body admits climate plan not considered when approving Galway ring road

Ireland’s planning appeal body has admitted it did not take the country’s climate plan into consideration before approving a major ring road for Galway. As a result, An Bord Pleanala indicated it would not oppose a ...

14 Oct 2022 at 16:19

National News

Minister urged to fast-track probe publication after planning official quits

The Housing minister has been urged to fast-track the publication of a report into alleged conflicts of interests in planning decisions following the resignation of An Bord Pleanala’s deputy chair. Paul Hyde has ...

09 Jul 2022 at 17:19

National News

Minister urged to fast-track probe publication after planning official quits

09 Jul 2022 at 22:04

National News

Former An Bord Pleanala deputy chair handed two-month jail sentence

A former deputy chairman of An Bord Pleanala has been sentenced to two months’ imprisonment, after pleading guilty to breaches of planning laws. Paul Hyde, of Castlefields, Baltimore, Co Cork, pleaded ...

30 Jun 2023 at 14:00

National News

Future of An Bord Pleanala in critical state, report warns

The future of Ireland’s embattled planning appeals body is in a “critical state”, with a backlog of cases, reduced staff morale and a need for governance reform, a report has warned. The Office of ...

20 Dec 2022 at 16:40

National News

An Bord Pleanala chairman takes early retirement amid ongoing probes

Ireland’s embattled planning appeals body faced further upheaval on Thursday, after its chairman Dave Walsh announced that he is to take early retirement. In a statement Mr Walsh said he was ...

03 Nov 2022 at 21:17

Midland Tribune

Midlands community rallies against proposed 5G mast beside schools and homes

The community of Cloughjordan are expected to come out in force behind the Move the Mast Action Group when the hold a demonstration in the village next week. The event is planned for Friday,...

21 Apr 2025 at 12:29

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