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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...

DIT creates new programme for apprenticeships

  DIT creates new programme for apprenticeships

A pilot programme in Dublin Institute of Technology (DIT), supported by J.P. Morgan and ESB, aims to prepare young people

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All systems go for phase II of Dublin’s New Mill student accommodation

  All systems go for phase II of Dublin’s New Mill student accommodation

A joint venture between Harrison Street Real Estate Capital and Global Student Accommodation Group, has announced plans to develop phase

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€90m Cork Docklands plan gets go ahead

  €90m Cork Docklands plan gets go ahead

A €90 million office block aimed at resolving a chronic shortage of commercial space in the city centre has been

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Minister Coveney to put CIRI on statutory footing within weeks

  Minister Coveney to put CIRI on statutory footing within weeks

Minister Simon Coveney has reaffirmed his commitment to see the Construction Industry Register Ireland (CIRI) put on a statutory footing

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Fawaz Alhokair Group plans shopping centre in Waterford City

  Fawaz Alhokair Group plans shopping centre in Waterford City

Saudi Arabia’s Fawaz Alhokair Group is believed to be acquiring two Waterford City centre sites for a new shopping centre

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Wolseley rebrands as Ferguson

  Wolseley rebrands as Ferguson

Wolseley, the world’s leading specialist distributor of plumbing and heating products, has announced revenue of €9.91 billion (£8.46 billion) for

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Galway Irish Crystal buildings sells for €3.5m

  Galway Irish Crystal buildings sells for €3.5m

The Galway Irish Crystal showrooms and factory at Old Dublin Road, opposite Merlin Park Hospital in Galway, has been bought

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€125m City Quay Development secures funding

  €125m City Quay Development secures funding

City Development Fund, a sub-fund of Targeted Investment Opportunities ICAV (TIO) has just confirmed that Irish Life will pre-fund the

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Homeowners spent billions on their homes in 2016

  Homeowners spent billions on their homes in 2016

Irish homeowners have availed of €1.2 billion in total through the Home Renovation Incentive (HRI) since its launch in 2013.

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EnergyPro Asset Management to be largest home-grown Irish windfarm management company

  EnergyPro Asset Management to be largest home-grown Irish windfarm management company

EnergyPro Analytics and Galetech Energy Services (GES) have announced their new joint venture entity – EnergyPro Asset Management. The joint

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PM Group expands USA operations with new Boston office

  PM Group expands USA operations with new Boston office

PM Group has announced the official opening of its new, expanded Boston office, marking further growth in its USA presence.

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Energia’s Donegal windfarm goes into production

  Energia’s Donegal windfarm goes into production

Energia’s €145 million Donegal windfarm has started supplying renewable energy, with the potential to provide enough energy to power 50,000

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Five storey office building planned for Cork city

  Five storey office building planned for Cork city

Over 450 jobs will be created with the construction a new office block in Cork city’s South Mall. The state-of-the-art,

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GCCC invites responses to BIM position paper

  GCCC invites responses to BIM position paper

A consultation process on the adoption of BIM (Building Information Modelling) on Irish public works projects has begun. The Government

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€75m for residential development site on RTE campus

  €75m for residential development site on RTE campus

Savills has just announced the sale of prime development lands in Donnybrook, Dublin 4 – one of the City’s most

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Amarenco to invest €56m in Munster solar farms

  Amarenco to invest €56m in Munster solar farms

Renewable energy firm Amarenco Solar has received planning permission for a 5MW solar farm in Cork. The farm, which has

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Role of construction to become more important to domestic economy

  Role of construction to become more important to domestic economy

A recent report by the ESRI has found that increased activity in the construction sector is impacting both investment and

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New homes construction reaches seven-year high

  New homes construction reaches seven-year high

Construction of new homes reached a seven-year high in January, as developers look to capitalise on Help to Buy by

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Clerys redevelopment to provide ‘new focus and heartbeat’ to O’Connell Street

  Clerys redevelopment to provide ‘new focus and heartbeat’ to O’Connell Street

The redevelopment of Clerys department store on Dublin’s O’Connell Street will provide a “new focus and heartbeat” to the city

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Tax breaks for ‘accidental landlords’ to boost supply in rental market

  Tax breaks for ‘accidental landlords’ to boost supply in rental market

The Department of Finance has announced that tax breaks for “accidental landlords” could be applied to keep properties in the

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WElink Group to build €230m solar farm in Portugal

  WElink Group to build €230m solar farm in Portugal

Dublin-headquartered modular home builder and solar energy developer WElink Energy is to build Europe’s largest privately funded solar farm in

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Academy set up to address skills shortage in NI construction sector

  Academy set up to address skills shortage in NI construction sector

A new academy has been set up in Co Armagh to address major skills gaps in the construction sector. The

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Combilift signs €1m contract with home improvement retailer

  Combilift signs €1m contract with home improvement retailer

Combilift, the Irish manufacturer of multi-directional forklifts based in Monaghan has signed a contract with Kingfisher, Europe’s largest home improvement

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BAM Ireland secures Bolands Quay contract

  BAM Ireland secures Bolands Quay contract

The Bolands Quay Development Group – a collaboration between property consultants Mark Reynolds & Glenn Cran of Savills Ireland and

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Beacon South Quarter residents vote to repair defects at cost of €10m

  Beacon South Quarter residents vote to repair defects at cost of €10m

Apartment owners at the Beacon South Quarter development in Sandyford, Dublin have decided to pay more than €10 million to

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Roadbridge works on new Center Parcs Longford Forest Holiday Village to start in May

  Roadbridge works on new Center Parcs Longford Forest Holiday Village to start in May

Center Parcs has announced that it has awarded the first major contract for its Ballymahon holiday village to Limerick-based Roadbridge

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Climate change plan says EU targets will be missed

  Climate change plan says EU targets will be missed

Five years after it was due, the Government this week published a National Mitigation Plan on climate change, outlining how

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Belfast’s Crumlin Road Courthouse to be transformed into hotel

  Belfast’s Crumlin Road Courthouse to be transformed into hotel

The location for paramilitary trials during the Troubles, the Crumlin Road Courthouse in Belfast is to be transformed into a

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Profits rise at engineering firm Ward & Burke

  Profits rise at engineering firm Ward & Burke

Galway-based specialist engineering company Ward & Burke posted a pre-tax profit of €13.8 million last year, up 11%, thanks to

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Coveney announces two-week extension for submissions on National Planning Framework Ireland 2040 – Our Plan

  Coveney announces two-week extension for submissions on National Planning Framework Ireland 2040 – Our Plan

Minister Simon Coveney has announced that he has extended the public consultation phase of the National Planning Framework Ireland 2040

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