Brendan,
The intention is that it is for use by the general public as well as professionals as there is no one-stop shop for planning in Ireland. Whilst some articles are more technical the bulk of the articles are non-technical. For example there is a specific category on Exempted Development. The website is only up and running about a month but I would expect that the Residential category will contain a lot more articles over the coming months, particularly in relation to rural housing issues etc.