Two key business groups in Northern Ireland and the Republic, Ibec and the CBI, released a new report that targets ambitious plans to advance the all-island transport network.
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The Twelfth Lock Hotel, which overlooks the Royal Canal at Castleknock in Dublin has been sold for approximately €2.4m in a private contract sale.
As reported by Central Bank economists who conducted new research, the proportion of houses and apartments purchased by cash buyers rose from 25% at the peak of the property boom to 60% in 2014.
One Dockland Central in Dublin’s IFSC is now the home of Communications regulator, Comreg, having signed a 20-year lease.
Indigenous wind energy has saved Ireland approximately €70 million in foreign energy imports since January of 2016, a six month period which saw the renewable energy supply meet over a fifth (22%) of Ireland’s entire electricity demand, reported by provisional new figures gathered by the Irish Wind Energy Association.
According to this year’s CAO rates, there has been a rise in students applying for third-level courses in construction.
During an event presented by the Construction Industry Federation (CIF) at Leinster House, Louth Senator Ged Nash and former Dublin Senator Fergal Quinn have spoke to representatives from Ireland’s top construction firms.
The expected removal by Nama of Project Tolka, a sale of approximately €1.5bn, is certain to be postponed beyond August 31, the date by which it had been assumed to be put on the market.
CRH, a building materials group, has stated that its first-half earnings most likely rose by 10% ahead of its preceding guidance, an advancement examiners connect to powerful trading in its main market, the United States.
The Irish contractor company, Sisk, has been selected to construct a new 660,000sq ft waterfront development in Dublin’s docklands by the United States real estate firm, Kennedy Wilson.
The Liffey Valley shopping centre, located in west Dublin, is due to go on the market with an asking price of at least €600m following the selection by its owners of Eastdil Secured LLC to broker the purchase.
The company, Pfizer will make up to 350 new jobs due to current multi-million euro expansion of its Grange Castle Campus in Dublin.
An action proposal for the problems of housing provide storage and homelessness was released yesterday. The deal was warmly welcomed by industry and housing charities. The plan is positive in outlook.
The Housing Minister, Simon Coveney, has been accused of “playing around with figures” in his Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness.
The Government’s Action Plan on Housing and Homelessness, ‘Rebuilding Ireland’ was launched today by Taoiseach Enda Kenny, Housing Minister Simon Coveney, Public Expenditure Minister Paschal Donohoe and Minister of State Damien English.
Fitzwilliam Finance Partners, the investment vehicle of Smyth’s, proposed a planning application in conjunction with Arnotts to Dublin City Council, dividing numbers 7, 8 and 9 Henry Street, which presently occupies Arnotts’ ladies shoe department, into a separate building of roughly 40,000 sq ft.
The Government has formally released its housing and homelessness project labeled ‘Rebuilding Ireland’.
A brand new tax-refund-based scheme will be introduced in the Government’s Budget for first-time buyers.
Senator Paudie Coffey spoke with the workers of leading construction businesses from Waterford earlier in the week.
The analysis, covering the three-month period near the end of June, displays that 28,615, or 13.1pc of the Republic’s 219,176 commercial
The Dublin City Council intends to speed up the progress of the construction of a €30 million bridge, connecting Dublin’s south docks with the newly planned “urban quarter” on the Poolbeg peninsula.
During the year of 2014, nearly five million tertiary education students graduated within the European Union (EU).
The former Rehab site in D4 is on the market and being negotiated for €21 by The Department of Education.
Grafton Group recorded a 13.3% rise in first half revenue and said despite the uncertainty created by U.K.’s decision to
Construction Industry Federation advises school leavers to consider a career in construction. “The construction industry is recovering strongly and is worth
The Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council have come to the decision to permit the development of two major parks at Cherrywood, which marks the first important phase of development for a new Town Centre and 3,800 new homes at Cherrywood in South Dublin.
The Renovation of the Portarlington Library in county Laois is being lead by CIF member, Dunnes Building Services Limited.
The Citywest Hotel is paying €13m on a large restoration of its bedrooms and public spaces after having a good year in which its profits increased by 20pc.
Glan Agua a company specialising in waste water treatment is to create 60 jobs in Co Galway. The company is doubling its
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