BAM Ireland, one of the country’s largest construction businesses, had a year of strong revenue growth in 2014, increasing its turnover by 15 per cent last year to €353 million,
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The State-backed Ireland Strategic Investment Fund has teamed up with a US real estate fund to offer up to €100 million to finance high-quality office development and construction projects. Quadrant
The Clarion Hotel Limerick has been put up for sale by its receiver Kieran Wallace of KPMG with a guide price of over €3.5m. Savills, which is handling the deal,
Nama is to finance an €87 million Grade A office development on the North Wall Quay in the Dublin docklands. The site previously formed part of the development lands held
Twenty well-located Dublin development sites are among 42 due to be sold by Ulster Bank when it offloads a portfolio of distressed loans next month. The loans, with a face
Developer Johnny Ronan has bought a prime 3.7-acre site in Dublin 4and plans to redevelop it as part of a landmark €200m scheme. Ronan Group signed the deal for part
Holiday resort firm Center Parcs has submitted a planning application for a €233m development near Ballymahon, Co Longford. 750 construction jobs are expected to created and 1,000 permanent jobs as
Tram tracks for the new Luas Cross City line were put in place on Dublin’s O’Connell Street on Thursday. The tracks themselves will now be welded into place on the
The CitA BIM Gathering is the keynote event of the year for all those interested in using Building Information Modelling (BIM) to increase efficiency and competitiveness or to learn how
Five sites have been identified for the location of up to 153 modular houses for homeless families. The sites, details of which will be presented to Dublin City Council this
Property developer Michael O’Flynn aims to build 10,000 new homes over the next seven to eight years, mainly in Dublin and Cork, after putting together a €400 million funding package
Internet retail giant Amazon is planning yet another massive data centre in Dublin in a move that could propel its expected total capital expenditure on such projects here to as
A new opportunity to redevelop Phibsboro Shopping Centre in the north Dublin suburb will arise shortly when the rundown complex is offered for sale along with two adjoining sites. Eoin
A large parcel of land designated for the third and final phase of the highly successful shopping and business facility known as The Park in Carrickmines, Dublin 18, will be
The redevelopment of Dublin Port is set to be a major construction project involving Ireland’s civil engineering contractors. It has been announced the European Investment Bank has committed to providing
An Bord Pleanála has approved planning permission for Facebook’s planned €200m data centre in Clonee, Co Meath. When it is operational, the centre will employ 115 people. The development is
Two of Ireland’s most luxurious castle hotels have been brought to the market as a going concern by Savills, on behalf of the Hanly Group. Kilronan Castle, Co. Roscommon is
According to the latest figures from the Central Statistics Office, the first half of 2015 has proven to be a good one for the industry. The three months to the
Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, Richard Bruton TD, Eric Boustouller, Corporate Vice President for Microsoft Western Europe, and Cathriona Hallahan, Managing Director at Microsoft Ireland, marked the start of
O’Hare & McGovern, the leading Northern Ireland construction company has been declared the overall winner of this year’s Construction Excellence Awards. Managing director Eamon O’Hare and senior members of his
A consortium led by construction group BAM Ireland has signed a contract with the National Roads Authority (NRA) for the €350 million M11 Gorey to Enniscorthy public-private partnership (PPP) motorway
The Ulster Bank Construction Purchasing Managers’ Index – a seasonally adjusted index designed to track changes in total construction activity – dropped to 55.8 in September from 56.5 in August.
RPS, in a joint venture with Flint & Neill UK, has just been appointed by Dublin City Council to deliver a new bridge over the River Liffey for pedestrian &
The average asking price for homes in Dublin fell by 1.4 per cent in the third quarter but outside Dublin,
Augmented reality company DAQRI has announced plans to open its European HQ in Dublin, hiring 30 software and hardware staff
It will see over 100 bedrooms added to the premises, nearly doubling the number at the popular hotel. The development
The Irish homebuilder became the first construction firm from the Republic to list on a public market in nearly 20
It was announced today that Luxury Manor House Hotel owners, the Corscadden Family, have acquired County Sligo’s historic Markree Castle
Construction and engineering group BAM is in pole position to win a State contract to build a number of courthouses
Up to 350 construction jobs will be created when building work begins on a new biomass power station in Co
The latest edition of Ulster Bank’s construction purchasing managers’ index (PMI), formally published this morning, shows a reading of 63.3
The Port of Cork has welcomed the decision of An Bord Pleanála to grant planning permission for the €100 million
Microsoft said it needs the new data centre because even its own predictions for internet usage have been eclipsed. Extending
Irish investment group Tetrarch Capital has outlined its plans for a €10 million expansion and upgrade of the Mount Juliet
HBJV is hosting a free Meet the Buyer event on Thursday 4th June for local suppliers and subcontractors in Dublin
Great news! Richard Keegan and Eddie O’Kelly have published Lean Service. Lean is about VALUE … the creation, delivery
Two recently amalgamated shops which now serve as a flagship store for Life Style Sports at 57/58 Grafton Street, Dublin
Plans have been revealed for about 3,800 homes as well as shopping and office space at a new development in
As part of the Prime-Balfour Beatty Consortium, JJ Rhatigan & Company is delighted to have been awarded the contract to
An Taoiseach Enda Kenny T.D., and Minister for Jobs Richard Bruton TD made the announcement while officially opening the company’s
At the 2015 Engineers Ireland Annual Conference in Killarney on Thursday, the Director General of Engineers Ireland and Chartered Engineer
A competition investigation launched last week with a raid on the offices of CRH subsidiary Irish Cement is looking for
Kerry-based manufacturing firm Tricel is to create 100 new jobs over the next 18 months as part of an expansion
Cork City’s newest and largest office block, One Albert Quay, has been purchased for up to €58m by Green Reit
Irish-owned engineering services contractor Kirby Group has entered into a strategic alliance with Mott MacDonald, a UK-headquartered management, engineering and
Company opening up a new European HQ in the capital US software firm Slack is to create 100 jobs over
US explorer Kosmos Energy is set to attract fresh investment to its two Irish-based licences, via a farm-out process, later
Grafton, the Dublin-headquartered builders merchanting and DIY retail group, is actively reviewing opportunities to expand its operational presence in western
Kingspan and ESB unveiled on Tuesday a new joint venture in Northern Ireland that will offer local businesses the opportunity
The country’s construction sector grew at its fastest pace so far this year in April with new business on the
Regus has announced today that it will open its seventh location in Dublin’s North Quay. The global workspace provider currently
The building materials and cement giant has already suggested that its 2015 spend and deal flow will not be contained
More than 40 homes will be demolished to make way for the Galway bypass, with the university campus and Ballybrit
The 291 sq m hub at 16 College Green (above) will offer banking facilities on the doorstep of Trinity College
Morrissey’s and Savills have been retained as agents to sell “The Dawson” in central Dublin with a guide price in
Hibernia Reit plc said today that it has bought two properties in the South Docks area of Dublin for a
With the Dublin retail market, as well as the suburban office sector, rapidly recovering, Royal London Asset Management is planning
Waterford-based pharmaceutical company EirGen has been acquired by US drugs company Opko for $135 million. Founded by Tom Brennan and
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