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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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Builders in UK plan for shortage of skilled labour post-Brexit

  Builders in UK plan for shortage of skilled labour post-Brexit

According to a report by Reuters, many of the UK’s leading housebuilders are planning or considering new developments of prefabricated

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No planning required to change commercial buildings to housing

  No planning required to change commercial buildings to housing

Under new regulations being drafted by the Department of Housing, owners of empty commercial buildings will be able to convert

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Housing and commercial activity grow – PMI

  Housing and commercial activity grow – PMI

Activity in the construction sector rose sharply last month, according to the latest Purchasing Managers Index from Ulster Bank. Ulster

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CIF celebrates International Women’s Day

  CIF celebrates International Women’s Day

Over 100 men and women attended the Construction Industry Federation’s (CIF) recently-held breakfast briefing on Increasing Female Participation in Construction.

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Five-year planning extension for Dublin Airport runway

  Five-year planning extension for Dublin Airport runway

DAA has been given five more years to build its planned €320 million north runway at Dublin Airport. A 10-year

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Planning application for €300m maternity hospital lodged

  Planning application for €300m maternity hospital lodged

A planning application for the move of the National Maternity Hospital from Holles Street to St Vincent’s Hospital was recently

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Construction and building output up 0.9% in fourth quarter of 2016

  Construction and building output up 0.9% in fourth quarter of 2016

New figures from the Central Statistics Office show that the volume of output in building and construction increased by 0.9%

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Grafton builds up 13% increase in revenues for 2016

  Grafton builds up 13% increase in revenues for 2016

Builders’ merchant and DIY group Grafton recently announced a 13% increase in revenue for 2016 to just over £2.5 billion

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Home of Jameson Re-opens Following €11 Million Investment

  Home of Jameson Re-opens Following €11 Million Investment

Irish Distillers, Ireland’s leading supplier of spirits and wines and producer of the world’s most well-known and successful Irish whiskeys,

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Interxion Opens New €28 Million Data Centre

  Interxion Opens New €28 Million Data Centre

Interxion Holding, a leading European provider of carrier and cloud-neutral co-location data centre services, has unveiled DUB3, its third data

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