Dublin

Rejected fast-tracked plans to build more than 500 homes in Raheny in Dublin 5 have resurfaced and are currently the subject of consultation with An Bord Pleanála and the city council.

An Bord Pleanála has approved the long-awaited proposals for the redevelopment of Parnell Square as a new ‘cultural quarter’.

The surge in proposals for fast-track residential schemes continued apace this week with the media reporting a total of nearly 3,000 new homes planned for projects in and around the capital as well as for sites in Cork and Galway.

The go-ahead for the country’s tallest building in the heart of Dublin has been branded a ‘catastrophic error’ that could scupper the capital’s chance of World Heritage Site status for its historic core.