Construction work has been suspended on the Aberdeen Western Periphery Route following fears over pollution to surrounding rivers. Investigators from the Scottish Environment Protection Agency discovered silt pollution in neighboring
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A £23 million anaerobic digestion plant will be developed in Ballymena, Co Antrim next year to deal with the environmental problem of the 40,000 tonnes of chicken waste produced each year by
Kiernan Structural Steel is to create 50 jobs at its new state-of-the-art extension to its Longford structural steel manufacturing facility. The Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation Mary Mitchell O’Connor
Over £20 million has been invested in road schemes in the Causeway Coast & Glens council area in Northern Ireland. A total of £20.37m was spent on projects in 2015/16, according
The largest port related infrastructure project in the history of Ireland, Alexandra Basin Redevelopment Project has been granted planning permission by an Bord Pleanála. The project will enable Ireland’s premier port to
Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, Paschal Donohoe T.D., has welcomed on Wednesday the announcement of a nationwide project to deliver 14 primary care centres funded by the European Investment
An Bord Pleanála has started to hear submissions about a proposal by Apple to construct a €850m data centre in Athenry, Co Galway. Planning for the single-storey development outside Athenry
The “most expensive object on earth”, according to Greenpeace, is is to be constructed in the south-west of the UK. The nuclear power station will be located just 273 km off the
The Construction Industry Federation, in conjunction with the Cork Foundation and Re-Imagine Cork plan to renew Cork City Centre with several regeneration projects. Members of the Construction Industry Federation, including O’Sheas Builders
Equitix Management Services has reappointed the global construction consultancy Turner & Townsend to support with client representation services to construct a new £107m energy-from-waste facility, which when complete will help
The Office of Public Works (OPW) has confirmed that it is separating flood defence works in and around Morrison’s Island in Cork City from the overall €60m flood defence scheme,
Savills, the international real estate investor, has advised its top ten hotspots for investment in Europe, split between five tips for risk taking investors (‘risk embracers’) and five for those who
Abercorn Construction has started work to fully restore the former Harland & Wolff Headquarters building and Drawing Offices in Belfast’s Titanic Quarter. The iconic buildings, where RMS Titanic and 1,000
The construction of two new 650 tonne tunnel boring machines (TBMs), which will build the new Northern Line Extension tunnels under south London, is now complete. The two machines –
Developer Gerry Gannon plans to build more than 80 apartments and townhouses in a project in north Dublin that industry figures value between €18 million and €20 million. The company
Dutch firm Interxion, a leading European provider of carrier and cloud-neutral colocation data centre services, has announced it is planning a €28 million investment in a third data centre for Dublin. Developed in response to continued
Ireland’s largest hotel operator Dalata has acquired the company which owns the former Charlemont Clinic in central Dublin for €11.9m. The 0.95 acre location of the former Charlemont Clinic on the
Queen’s University has entered yesterday into a deal with developers McAleer & Rushe to develop 1,200 student bedrooms on two of their city centre sites, in a deal worth €90 million.
Dublin City Council has released the details of its plans to revamp Dalymount Park into a modern 10,000 seater stadium, a redevelopment which is expected to cost up to €20m to
Irish property investment group Tetrarch Capital intends to invest €25 million in a 178-unit aparthotel on a site close to Trinity College, in Dublin, as part of a wider plan
A £133 million dualling upgrade scheme (€183m) between Belfast and Larne, developed by a Joint Venture of Lagan, Ferrovial and Costain has officially opened last Wednesday (December 16). The scheme, which
Chicago-based Harrison Street Real Estate Capital has teamed up with London-headquartered GSA Investment Management to provide €250m to built student accommodation in Dublin over the next five years. The world’s
FBD Property and Leisure Ltd is to spend €5.5 million on the expansion and upgrading of its successful Castleknock Hotel
Work is set to begin this week on a €111 million commercial development on the North Wall Quay in Dublin’s
The National Asset Management Agency has made €170 million in funding available for work to begin on the redevelopment of
The National Asset Management Agency has announced today plans for a €7.5 billion development programme to deliver about 4 million
US developer Hines’ Irish arm is submitting a planning application to develop roads, parks and other infrastructure to allow the
The first phase of a major new urban centre planned for Ballsbridge in Dublin 4, is being launched today through
The wastewater network is to undergo a €180m upgrade, while a further €48m will be spent on improving drinking water
Lagan Building Contractors has been appointed by Belfast Harbour to develop the second office block of a £250 million (€355m)
Planning permission for a 206-bedroom hotel on the site of the former Belfast Metropolitan College has been granted to a
Minister for Energy Alex White TD today opened the new €33m Woodhouse Wind Farm in County Waterford, a key part
Hotels firm Dalata is in discussions to buy as many as seven sites in central Dublin to build hotels as
Google plans to invest €150 million in a new data centre in Dublin.
Belfast’s Cathedral Eye Clinic is investing £2m in a brand new clinic and bringing the latest laser surgery technology to
Company opening up a new European HQ in the capital US software firm Slack is to create 100 jobs over
Alexion Pharmaceuticals today announced plans to significantly expand its operations in Ireland by constructing the Company’s first ever biologics manufacturing
Researchers from the Nimbus Centre at Cork Institute of Technology (CIT) have secured €1.5m in EU funding as part of
Apple is looking to invest more than €400m directly to fund at least six renewable energy projects in Ireland. The
The second phase of the Ulster University’s new Belfast campus will be built by a joint venture between Lagan Construction
It is hoped that the major facility in Fitzgerald’s Park, which will enable children with disabilities to play alongside able-bodied
Cork-based technology firm Global Shares has announced a major expansion plan which will create 80 new jobs over the next
A recovering Irish construction industry has welcomed the announcement that Ireland’s largest construction and quarrying machinery show (CQMS ’15) will
A property company controlled by Galway developer John Lally has reduced the value of a site it bought for over
SMK Corporation, a multinational electro-mechanical component manufacturer headquartered in Tokyo Japan is to establish a new European Headquarters in Dublin,
The National Rehabilitation Hospital is the first major healthcare project to be granted planning approval through the Strategic Infrastructural Development
Property price growth in Dublin was outpaced by rises in the rest of the country during the first three months
A multi-family residential investment with 43 apartments are to go on the market today in Dublin’s north inner city. Damien
Some 8,000 jobs could be created in Cork City as details emerge that €500 million has been earmarked for its
Kennedy Wilson and NAMA have formed a joint venture arrangement to develop a project of significant importance on Sir John
Minister for Skills, Research and Innovation, Damien English TD, has urged businesses to avail of the opportunity to attend a
The housing lists in Cork City and County are set to reduce with news that 69 social housing units will
A Former senior executive at Bord Na Mona has landed the top job on the development of the controversial €500m
One of the UK’s leading short break specialists, Center Parcs, has just announced plans to develop a holiday village at
Balfour Beatty has been awarded a €14m (£10.2m) Design and Build scheme to extend the existing multi-storey car park serving
The formal consultation process has launched for the proposed A24 Ballynahinch Bypass. The announcement refers to the publication of the
The first of the fast-track developments planned for Dublin’s docklands has been given the go ahead by the city council.
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