Ireland's infrastructure development should focus on the eight principal city regions, according to a study launched last week.

Northern Ireland Minister for Social Development, Margaret Ritchie MLA has launched - for public consultation - a draft Regeneration and Housing Bill.

A proposed deepwater container port at Bremore in north Co Dublin may be moved farther north to Gormanston, Co Meath, to avoid encroaching on a neolithic complex of passage tombs.

Local authorities that fail to repair dangerous potholes on roads throughout the country will be named and shamed as part of a new online campaign.

Northern Ireland Environment Minister Edwin Poots has outlined measures to bring about the most sweeping reform of Northern Ireland’s planning system for over 30 years.

Plans for one of the country’s longest and most expensive motorways linking Cork and Limerick have been lodged with An Bord Pleanála.

The minister in charge of the OPW has given a commitment that €23 million will be set aside to complete the second phase of a flood relief project in Fermoy, Co Cork.

The Limerick Regeneration Agency is finalising a report which should pave the way for housebuilding to start in four of the city’s estates.

The Government has allocated €411m in grants for regional and local roads for 2010, which includes repairs following damage caused by the recent extreme weather.

The Supreme Court has upheld arguments by An Taisce that the question of whether a housing and retail development at Ballymore Eustace, Co Kildare, should be put on hold until the High Court determines a key issue in the case.

The Draft Waterford County Development Plan, which has gone on display, proposes a major rezoning of development land in the county, about 70 - 90 per cent of the 800 hectares zoned in the previous plan.

The Lord Mayor of Dublin, Councillor Emer Costello has accepted the Irish Planning Institute (IPI) overall Planning Achievement  Award 2010.

Northern Ireland Environment Minister Edwin Poots, last week opened the 2010 SelfBuild Show at the King's Hall, Belfast.

RPS has received the Zurich LAMA Award for their Mulroy Bay Bridge, winner of the Best Civil Engineering Project in Ireland.

Northern Ireland Social Development Minister Margaret Ritchie MLA, has welcomed a major planning prize for the Victoria Square Regeneration Scheme.