New costs rules breach Irish and EU law, An Taisce, Friends of Irish Environment say

It gives me great pleasure to announce a couple of important milestones in our firm today. 1️⃣ Our very first trainee, Eoin Heaney, recently completed his traineeship and was accepted on the roll of ...

It gives me great pleasure to announce a couple of important milestones in our firm today. 1️⃣ Our very first trainee, Eoin Heaney, recently completed his traineeship and was accepted on the roll of ...

The European Data Protection Board (EDPB) has recently published a report by our consultant solicitor TJ McIntyre on the concept of legitimate interest under the GDPR. EDPB commissioned the report t...

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An Taisce has asked the European Commission to reconsider its decision to grant Ireland permission to spread manure at rates above the limits imposed by EU law aimed at preventing water pollution for ...

The CRU’s policy on new data centres will allow them to use fossil fuels as an energy source.

Judicial review is a way for ordinary people to ensure that laws protecting their homes, communities and the environment are enforced.

Back in the early nineties all across the EU a rule was introduced to protect rivers and streams from agricultural run off. At the last count 7,000 out of 137,000 farms in Ireland had received a derog...

The current quality of Cork city's drinking water is a "potentially serious public health concern", according to a legal submission made by a prominent public health specialist

Under the Housing Minister’s plans, some of the biggest cost savings for each apartment will be found by cutting down on floor space.

People Over Wind fighting plan for hilltop turbines for over a decade

Unauthorised quarrying activity carried out on the lands since 2023, court hears

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Early date for action aimed at quashing Minister’s new guidelines for developments

Campaigners claim that the EPA is failing to meet Ireland’s climate obligations in its licensing of power for the data centre.

According to NGO ClientEarth, the EU Commission is illegally holding back information which should be public on health and the environment — and they are suing at the European General Court in Luxembo...

Were it to succeed, it could plunge developments across the country into doubt unless major improvements are made to Ireland’s sewerage infrastructure.

Just before shutting up shop for its summer recess, the Court of Justice delivered an important judgment clarifying the scope of protection for wild bird species in the EU under the Birds Directive (D...

The Supreme Court has upheld a decision of the Court of Appeal extending time to seek leave to judicially review a decision of An Bord Pleanála which granted permission to Eircom for the installation of a telecommunications mast in Co Kilkenny.

Former board deputy chairman Paul Hyde had approved 15m tall mast in 2021

Red Rock Donnybrook Ltd had green light to redevelop Circle K-occupied site

Save Castletown Committee says new gates and fencing are blocking a key access route to the house for local community

Group claims An Bord Pleanála breached Irish and European law in granting permission for the proposed development

Local residents objected to the ‘excessive scale’ of the project, contending the up-to five-storey development would damage the privacy of residents’ adjoining properties

Local group seeks judicial review of controversial planning decision

If a search warrant had been executed against the Gript office then it would have known about it; but an order to an internet firm demanding private messages is invisible

Investigation into planning matters at the agency concluded an undesirable 'statistical anomaly' existed in terms of An Bord Pleanála inspectors’ recommendations to refuse permission for such masts be...

One of the first tasks facing the new Minister for Housing, is enacting the provisions of The Planning and Development Act. Our reporter Kate Egan has been looking at these changes...

Paramount Hotel says An Bord Pleanála decision of ‘very serious concern’ after city council’s view overruled

Following that ruling last August, An Bord Pleanála was granted leave to appeal the decision to the State’s highest court

Alannah Smyth, daughter of solicitor Noel Smyth, wants to build 373sq m home overlooking Killiney Bay