Irish renewable energy generation company, Aela Energia, has received $410m (€349m) in funding for two wind farms in Chile. The
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The CIF has warned that despite huge demand for housing and Ireland’s infrastructure deficit, project planning applications and commencements remained

Plans for a major solar energy farm on a 27-hectare site in Co Wicklow have been approved by Wicklow County

The July EBS-DKM Affordability Index shows affordability falling as house prices rise. The Index reviews the issues, including housing supply,

According to a report in the Evening Echo, planning permission has been granted for a major new €30m, five-storey office

A new national database aimed at recording and making use of Ireland’s vacant housing stock has gone live, as new

According to a report in the Leinster Express, residential construction has increased by 36% year-on-year, according to the latest edition

Demand for housing to address sharply rising property prices and a growing homeless problem have not translated into increased action

A third of small building firms say that soaring material prices are squeezing their margins and almost a quarter have

Over 230 new houses have been completed across Galway so far this year, while a further 185 are under construction.

A planning application for Aldborough House, Dublin’s last Georgian mansion, has been submitted. Situated on Portland Row in the North Inner

A consortium of Japanese companies, including Kepco and a Mitsubishi subsidiary, have acquired a 60% stake in a 223MW portfolio

According to a report in the Irish Examiner, housing officials in Cork city have launched a second bid to identify

According to the Purchasing Managers’ Index, construction activity in the UK slowed to an 11-month low in July on the

German real estate fund Patrizia is set to buy Ireland’s largest build-to-let apartment development, which is in the early stages

According to a report in the Telegraph, house prices in the UK are once again showing modest signs of growth following

Lightsource and BlackRock Real Assets have entered in to a strategic partnership which is targeting the acquisition and ownership of UK solar

Eoghan Murphy, Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government, has approved the construction of 70 rapid delivery houses at three

A final decision on plans by Apple to construct an €850 million data centre in Athenry has been postponed until

Engineers Ireland has lodged a series of recommendations with the Department of Finance for Budget 2018. The recommendations include calls for

The largest single commercial property transaction in recent years in Northern Ireland has taken place. The deal was completed by

The Construction Industry Federation (CIF) estimates that the level of new residential completions for 2017 will be in the region
According to the latest Dublin Economic Monitor, the pace of growth in the construction sector in Dublin is at its

A OnePoll survey commissioned by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) in the UK has found that despite an

Irish companies are increasingly taking up opportunities for training and up-skilling of staff to meet business needs. Figures from the

According to an analysis of the most recent Domestic Building Energy Ratings for Quarter 2 2017 released by the Central

According to the GeoView report, published by GeoDirectory, the construction of new homes was up by a third in the

The Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI) has announced an investment of over €1 million in projects aimed at developing

According to Sean Downey, Director – Specialist Contracting at the CIF, the introduction of the Construction Contracts Act, 25th July

daa’s Dublin Airport Central building has been shortlisted in the Sustainable Buildings Excellence in Environment category for the 2017 Chambers