Bank of Ireland’s latest Economic Pulse shows that consumer confidence rose in August but business sentiment slipped. Bank of Ireland
- The Construction Industry at a Crossroads: Opportunities Amidst Turmoil The construction industry in Ireland is navigating a critical period, shaped by the ongoing housing crisis and planning permission challenges. While these issues present significant obstacles, they also create unique...
- 3D printed homes success spurs interest in 3D construction careers In response to increased demand, LMETB’s Advanced Manufacturing Training Centre of Excellence (AMTCE) in Dundalk has announced monthly courses in Advanced Construction Technologies, which includes 3D concrete printing, to run throughout 2025,...
- McGill and Partners bolsters its Irish business McGill and Partners, the global specialty insurance and reinsurance broker, has appointed John Barry and Jack Farrell as partners in specialty broking in Ireland. John joins McGill and Partners from...
- Belfast Harbour launches ‘transformative’ strategy Belfast Harbour has unveiled a new strategy setting out an ambitious programme to invest more than £300m in capital projects across the port and Harbour Estate over the next five...
- Bouygues and Ecocem cement partnership Bouygues Construction and Ecocem have signed a global innovation partnership. Following thorough laboratory and rigorous full-scale testing by Bouygues Construction’s R&D and Innovation team in collaboration with Ecocem, the goal...

Knauf UK and Ireland has announced the appointment of Ian Stokes as Managing Director. This is a return to the

A Strategic Housing Development (SHD) scheme of 227 build-to-rent apartments up to 12 storeys tall is being sought for a

Raw sewage discharges to be eliminated into river Avoca in Co Wicklow. Construction on a €139-million wastewater treatment plant for Arklow,

More than 50 submissions have been made on the proposed new data centre for Ennis, which has garnered stiff resistance

They’ve been popping up all over the country. Opposition has been mounting against them. But they still are pretty mysterious

24 new hotels, comprising 4,500 rooms, will be delivered in Dublin by the end of 2023, according to property advisor,

50 solar farms across Ireland and the UK are to be financed by German bank Berenberg. Berenberg Green Energy Junior

Construction experienced the highest rate of salary growth of any sector between February and July, according to data from a

Woodie’s owner reports record profits for first six month of 2021. Prices for key construction materials will continue rising into

German bank Berenberg will loan €36 million to Irish group Elgin Energy to back the development of solar power projects in the Republic and

The first submissions to the Government’s working group on defective homes indicate that the cost of remedying Celtic Tiger-era building

Survey blames materials price increases of up to 40% for rising cost of building in capital. Building in Dublin is

Statkraft has begun construction on Ireland’s “largest” solar farm, which will create enough energy to power over 40,000 homes, according

Faced with long restrictions that are only just being lifted many hotels are using the opportunity to make significant upgrades.

Almost 14,000 new companies were registered in Ireland in the first half of the year, up 42% on the same

The Ballymacarney solar farm is expected to create enough energy to power more than 40,000 homes. Renewables company Statkraft has

Be sure to register to attend the 6th Annual National Construction Summit which is being held on the 21st October 2021

Regeneration and rejuvenation of city centre areas will fail to occur without major Government intervention, according to leading figures in

Senior Government ministers are understood to have reached agreement on the summer economic statement, which is now due to be

Savills has brought the Point Square development in Dublin’s north docklands to the market on behalf of the Joint Statutory

Fire-safety defects estimated to cost more than €5 million to fix have been discovered at a large Celtic Tiger-era apartment

Savills says that take up has been good, although the Central Bank of Ireland warned recently of the danger of

New figures from the Central Statistics Office show that in 2021 one in eight chief executive officers in Ireland are

The Managing Director at Cork Airport says the massive runway reconstruction taking place later this year will help ensure the

Building materials group Grafton said group revenue rose by close to 50% in the first half of the year as it experienced

A PERFECT STORM (literally, in some cases) of factors have conspired to turn up the pressure on Ireland’s housebuilders. Building

Rising costs left operating profits at builder Sisk’s parent trailing by more than 25 per cent at €21 million last

Motivated by comfort and warmth as well as energy savings, homeowners across Ireland are looking to invest in home improvements

Insulation and building materials manufacturer Kingspan has agreed a deal with Langley Co-Invest to buy 100% of the shares of