Ireland

Ireland's Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government has told planning authorities and other regulatory bodies that changes to the planning regime for large-scale peat extraction have been put on hold following a High Court ruling.

Irish housing minister Eoghan Murphy has announced €84 million in funding for infrastructure for 25 housing projects that should see nearly 1,800 homes built on council-owned land.

Developers making use of Ireland's fast-track planning regime for major housing schemes may be given just one year to start building or risk losing their permission.

Power company ESB’s plans to transition from burning peat in three power stations in Ireland's midlands region to fuelling them with biomass are in disarray and jobs are threatened.