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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 Director of ...

17 Aug 2022 at 00:33

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Donegal councillors annoyed at ministerial request to alter wind policy

Councillors in Donegal continue to reject a ministerial request to change their recently adopted wind policy and vastly increase the area where turbines would be permitted in the county. As revealed by this paper two weeks ago Minster of ...

28 Sept 2022 at 21:33

Ireland

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 evidence to ...

09 Feb 2023 at 12:26

Ireland

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 the Planning Regulator (OPR) said ...

20 Dec 2022 at 16:40

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Environment groups urge councillors to stick to their guns on wind energy policy

Five environmental groups from west Donegal have sent a direct message to their local councillors - "stick to your guns" and insist on measures that will protect the local environment from too many wind farm developments. In a ...

11 Jul 2022 at 14:33

Ireland

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

16 Aug 2022 at 16:14

Planning system must protect nature, Government warned as it unveils reforms

The Government has been warned against “opening the door” to development that harms nature as it set out reforms for how infrastructure schemes meet environmental rules. Under the proposals, infrastructure developers would ...

22 Jan 2025 at 14:57

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Plans to open areas in Donegal for wind farms are strongly opposed

Proposals to scrap parts of the wind section of the Donegal Development Plan to allow for wind farm developments in sensitive areas around the county have generated shock and anger from the public and environmental groups ...

15 Sept 2022 at 00:33

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Plans to open areas in Donegal for wind farms are strongly opposed

14 Sept 2022 at 21:33

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