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  • Ministers O’Brien and Dillon announce commencement of revised Housing Adaptation Grants of up to €40,000 The Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage, Darragh O’Brien TD, and Minister of State for Local Government and Planning, Alan Dillon TD jointly announced increased funding in housing grants...
  • HSE to tender Dublin primary care centres The Health Service Executive (HSE) has issued a prior information notice for primary care centres in south Dublin. The Estimated date of publication of a contract notice for the development...
  • Southeast housing framework launched A framework has been tendered for Large Scale Social Housing Projects in the southeast of Ireland. Wexford County Council is setting up a Multi-Party Framework (MPFW) for social housing projects...
  • EU signs space infrastructure PPP The European Commission has signed the concession contract for the Infrastructure for Resilience, Interconnectivity and Security by Satellite (IRIS²), a multi-orbital constellation of 290 satellite, with the SpaceRISE consortium. This...
  • Maynooth Eastern Ring Road tendered Kildare County Council seeks contractor for road project in association with the Housing Infrastructure Services Company (HISCo). The Works include Construction of a new Maynooth Eastern Ring Road which involves...

SEAI and OPW Partner on Energy Saving Pilot Programme

  SEAI and OPW Partner on Energy Saving Pilot Programme

The Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI) is working in partnership with the Office of Public Works (OPW) to help

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Guaranteed Irish Welcomes Support For Housing and Enterprise Development

  Guaranteed Irish Welcomes Support For Housing and Enterprise Development

Guaranteed Irish has welcomed measures in Budget 2018 to increase housing supply and support enterprise. However, the organisation cautioned that

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Budget 2018 – CIF Welcomes Increased Investment in Infrastructure at Critical Time For Irish Economy

  Budget 2018 – CIF Welcomes Increased Investment in Infrastructure at Critical Time For Irish Economy

The Construction Industry Federation (CIF) has stated that the measures announced in Budget 2018 will help address the systemic weaknesses

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First EU-wide Tool For Sustainable Building Performance Reporting

  First EU-wide Tool For Sustainable Building Performance Reporting

The European Commission has launched the pilot phase of ‘Level(s)’, a new EU- framework for sustainable buildings, which will help

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Construction Companies Reporting Difficulty Accessing Funding

  Construction Companies Reporting Difficulty Accessing Funding

A new survey by RSM and the Construction Industry Federation has found that construction companies are still facing significant difficulties

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Guaranteed Irish Calls For VAT Reduction and Expansion of Incentive Schemes to Stimulate Construction Sector

  Guaranteed Irish Calls For VAT Reduction and Expansion of Incentive Schemes to Stimulate Construction Sector

Guaranteed Irish has called for a reduction in VAT, the expansion of incentive schemes, and an overhaul of apprenticeships to

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Dragon Brand Foods to Build New Factory

  Dragon Brand Foods to Build New Factory

Strabane-based food manufacturer, Dragon Brand Foods is investing over £500,000 in jobs, innovation and a new factory with the support

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4site Appoints Ray O’ Connor as Chief Commercial Officer

  4site Appoints Ray O’ Connor as Chief Commercial Officer

4site, leaders in designing, building and maintaining network infrastructure for utilities companies and network owners, has appointed Ray O’ Connor

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NPF recognises Ireland’s future is urban – Gov must back ambition with funding

  NPF recognises Ireland’s future is urban – Gov must back ambition with funding

The Government’s newly published draft National Planning Framework correctly recognises that Ireland’s future is urban – now that appreciation must

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Registrations invited for ‘Meet the Buyer’ event for construction of children’s hospital

  Registrations invited for ‘Meet the Buyer’ event for construction of children’s hospital

Enterprise Ireland, in association with the National Paediatric Hospital Development Board, is inviting registration for a ‘Meet the Buyer’ event

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DIT introduces inaugural Sirus Scholarship in Building Engineering 2017

  DIT introduces inaugural Sirus Scholarship in Building Engineering 2017

DIT and Sirus International are calling on the young men and women of Ireland to join the Building Engineering community

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Kingspan Insulation launches $25 million XPS line expansion

  Kingspan Insulation launches $25 million XPS line expansion

Kingspan Insulation in North America pulled out all the stops as it marked the commissioning of its new GreenGuard XPS

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Major planning application for residential-led Cherrywood development submitted

  Major planning application for residential-led Cherrywood development submitted

Hines has submitted a large-scale planning application for a new town centre development that will serve as the focal point

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Publication of the draft National Planning Framework

  Publication of the draft National Planning Framework

The Government has just published “Ireland 2040 – Our Plan” for its final round of public consultations. Over the next

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UCC unveils most ambitious strategic plan in its history

  UCC unveils most ambitious strategic plan in its history

University College Cork (UCC) has unveiled its €350 million investment plan which will create more than 500 new construction jobs

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Construction must attract more women into industry to solve Irish housing and infrastructure crises

  Construction must attract more women into industry to solve Irish housing and infrastructure crises

The Construction Industry Federation welcomed over 100 people to its Women in Construction Network event yesterday. The event entitled #BuildingEquality

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NTA’s Dublin Quays figures at odds with commuter experience

  NTA’s Dublin Quays figures at odds with commuter experience

New figures released this week by the National Transport Authority are at odds with feedback from commuters regarding the impact

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Investment in rural water sector increases to over €15m

  Investment in rural water sector increases to over €15m

Eoghan Murphy, Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government has announced the further 2017 grant allocations to local authorities for

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HSA publishes 2016 Annual Report

The Health and Safety Authority haspublished its 2016 Annual Report outlining major activities, achievements and outcomes over the course of

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Vigilance needed to sustain pace of jobs growth in construction

  Vigilance needed to sustain pace of jobs growth in construction

An Tánaiste and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation Frances Fitzgerald and Minister for Rural and Community Development, Michael Ring

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Dublin’s office stock contracts as demolitions exceed new completions

  Dublin’s office stock contracts as demolitions exceed new completions

Despite enough office space being completed to accommodate 2,700 workers, Dublin’s office stock actually contracted in Q2 due to large-scale

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Construction fuels employment growth

  Construction fuels employment growth

Ibec has welcomed the strong jobs numbers recently published by the CSO. The numbers provide more evidence of broad positive

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Workshop: early career women engineers

  Workshop: early career women engineers

The Royal Irish Academy with the support of Engineers Ireland will hold a workshop to explore the problems and issues

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CRH agrees US$3.5bn acquisition of Ash Grove Cement

  CRH agrees US$3.5bn acquisition of Ash Grove Cement

CRH plc, the international building materials group, has announced that it has reached an agreement to acquire Ash Grove Cement

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Walls appointed to €100m Charlemont Exchange redevelopment

  Walls appointed to €100m Charlemont Exchange redevelopment

Marlet Property Group Ltd., in conjunction with M&G Investments, has appointed Walls Construction to carry out extensive redevelopment work on

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KMCS appoints new directors

  KMCS appoints new directors

KMCS, one of Ireland’s leading Construction Project and Cost Management consultancies, has announced the appointment of three new company directors.

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Credit ratings agency KBRA selects Dublin for European Headquarters

  Credit ratings agency KBRA selects Dublin for European Headquarters

Kroll Bond Rating Agency (KBRA) has announced its expansion into Europe with the opening of its European Headquarters in Dublin.

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Innovation key to continued growth in construction sector

  Innovation key to continued growth in construction sector

Over 60 companies from across the construction sector attended the Enterprise Ireland Technology Gateways Innovation in Construction conference in Dublin. The event

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Rents in Dublin grew by 3.3% in Quarter 2 2017

  Rents in Dublin grew by 3.3% in Quarter 2 2017

According to the Residential Tenancies Board, private sector rents grew 6.6% in the year end to the end of June this

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RIAI outlines key recommendations to increase delivery of new houses

  RIAI outlines key recommendations to increase delivery of new houses

The Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland (RIAI) has published a report which highlights the lengthy timelines and complex

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