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Delays and Costs Mount for Belfast’s York Street Interchange Project

    Delays and Costs Mount for Belfast’s York Street Interchange Project

The York Street Interchange project in Belfast, aimed at alleviating congestion at Northern Ireland’s busiest road junction, has faced persistent delays and escalating costs since its announcement in 2007. The

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Government Approves Tenders for King’s Island Flood Relief Scheme in Limerick

    Government Approves Tenders for King’s Island Flood Relief Scheme in Limerick

In a significant development for flood-prone areas of Limerick City, the Minister of State with responsibility for the Office of Public Works (OPW), Mr. Patrick O’Donovan T.D., has announced the

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Tánaiste Micheál Martin Unveils Upgraded Dunkettle Interchange in Cork

    Tánaiste Micheál Martin Unveils Upgraded Dunkettle Interchange in Cork

The Dunkettle Interchange, situated just outside Cork City, has been officially inaugurated by Tánaiste Micheál Martin, marking the completion of an extensive €215 million project aimed at alleviating congestion and

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Telecoms concession provides a path for Ireland’s energy transition

    Telecoms concession provides a path for Ireland’s energy transition

The development of the Corrib gas field in Connacht has provided a path to meet Ireland’s greatest infrastructure challenges including replacing gas, writes David Keniry.  Ireland’s Minister for the Environment,

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Dublin’s Private Sector Faces Headwinds as PMI Shows Softening Growth in Q4 2023

    Dublin’s Private Sector Faces Headwinds as PMI Shows Softening Growth in Q4 2023

The latest Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) survey from S&P Global reveals that Dublin’s private sector experienced its most subdued expansion of the year in the final quarter of 2023. The

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Weev Expands Electric Vehicle Charging Network in Leitrim with Two New Rapid Charging Hubs

    Weev Expands Electric Vehicle Charging Network in Leitrim with Two New Rapid Charging Hubs

Weev, a leading electric vehicle (EV) infrastructure company, has bolstered its EV charging capabilities by introducing two state-of-the-art rapid charging hubs in Leitrim. The newly installed 150kW charger in Carrick-on-Shannon

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Elliott Group Completes Stunning Dunnes Stores Fit-Out in Point Village

    Elliott Group Completes Stunning Dunnes Stores Fit-Out in Point Village

Elliott Group’s Fit Out Division proudly announces the successful completion of an impressive 5500 m2 fit-out project spanning two floors for the recently opened Dunnes Stores in Point Village, just

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Dublin City Council Unveils Ambitious Plans for Dublin Industrial Estate Redevelopment

    Dublin City Council Unveils Ambitious Plans for Dublin Industrial Estate Redevelopment

Dublin City Council is set to finalise plans for the redevelopment of the vast Dublin Industrial Estate in Glasnevin, marking the city’s largest industrial land transformation since the Dublin Docklands.

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Fixed transport links floated for Shannon Estuary

    Fixed transport links floated for Shannon Estuary

The Government of Ireland’s Response to the seminal Shannon Estuary Economic Taskforce Report suggests transport investments are ramping up in the Mid-West. By David Keniry, January 2024 The Implementation Update

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Workplace Fatalities Surge in Cork as Farming Tops List in 2023

    Workplace Fatalities Surge in Cork as Farming Tops List in 2023

In the past year, Cork experienced a grim distinction as it reported the highest number of workplace fatalities in 2023, surpassing all other counties, according to fresh data released by

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Dublin City Council Gives Nod to €100 Million Transformation of St Stephen’s Green Shopping Centre, Balancing Progress with Preservation

    Dublin City Council Gives Nod to €100 Million Transformation of St Stephen’s Green Shopping Centre, Balancing Progress with Preservation

In a significant development, Dublin City Council has given the green light to a €100 million redevelopment plan for the St Stephen’s Green Shopping Centre, a prominent landmark in the

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LDA completes purchase of Clongriffin lands with potential to deliver over 2,300 homes

    LDA completes purchase of Clongriffin lands with potential to deliver over 2,300 homes

The Land Development Agency (LDA) has completed the purchase of lands in Clongriffin in north Dublin with existing planning permission for over 1,800 homes and the potential to deliver a

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Planning Process Delays Affect Over 1,100 Social Houses in Cork City

    Planning Process Delays Affect Over 1,100 Social Houses in Cork City

Over 1,100 social housing units in Cork City are facing delays at various stages of the planning process, as highlighted in a recent social housing project status report from the

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Government Greenlights €2.5 Billion Funding Boost for the Land Development Agency

    Government Greenlights €2.5 Billion Funding Boost for the Land Development Agency

The government has green lit an additional funding injection of up to €2.5 bn for the Land Development Agency (LDA), effectively doubling the agency’s capitalisation to facilitate the construction of

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Housing Market in Ireland Faces Tight Supply and Modest Price Growth in 2023

    Housing Market in Ireland Faces Tight Supply and Modest Price Growth in 2023

The analysis reveals that the number of homes available for sale in Ireland last year remained significantly below pre-COVID levels, despite an increased supply of new homes. According to the

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Construction starts on 219 LDA homes at Devoy Barracks in Naas

    Construction starts on 219 LDA homes at Devoy Barracks in Naas

The Land Development Agency (LDA) has started construction on the development of 219 affordable and social homes at the former Devoy Barracks in Naas, County Kildare. Mullingar-based Andrews Construction has

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LDA and Dublin City Council seek planning permission for over 700 homes in Cherry Orchard

    LDA and Dublin City Council seek planning permission for over 700 homes in Cherry Orchard

The Land Development Agency (LDA) and Dublin City Council (DCC) have submitted a planning application for 708 cost rental and social housing homes at Cherry Orchard Point in Dublin 10. The

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LDA launches public consultation on plan to deliver up to 600 homes in Limerick at St Joseph’s Hospital site

    LDA launches public consultation on plan to deliver up to 600 homes in Limerick at St Joseph’s Hospital site

The Land Development Agency (LDA) has launched a public consultation process on plans for up to 600 homes at the St Joseph’s Hospital site beside Colbert Station in Limerick. The HSE-owned

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Hagan Homes commences Phase 3 of Enler Village development in Northern Ireland

    Hagan Homes commences Phase 3 of Enler Village development in Northern Ireland

Hagan Homes, the award-winning company that has built over 5000 homes across Northern Ireland since 1988, has begun Phase 3 of its Enler Village development in Comber, County Down, representing a

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Almac Group releases details of £80 million expansion in Northern Ireland

    Almac Group releases details of £80 million expansion in Northern Ireland

The Almac Group, which provides a range of contract pharmaceutical development and manufacturing services globally, has announced details of an £80 million investment programme to build new extensive manufacturing, production

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Kingspan creates ‘covolve’ a new digital accelarator

    Kingspan creates ‘covolve’ a new digital accelarator

Covolve a new digital accelerator backed by international building materials firm Kingspan, was launched recently at the company’s global innovation centre in Kingscourt, Ireland. The launch follows a five-year digital

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Quintain secures planning permission for Cherrywood’s first village centre in Dublin

    Quintain secures planning permission for Cherrywood’s first village centre in Dublin

Quintain Ireland, which is focused on the development of residential and commercial property in the Greater Dublin area, has secured planning permission for Cherrywood’s first village centre. The property company’s

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PepsiCo to invest further €39 million in Cork facility

    PepsiCo to invest further €39 million in Cork facility

PepsiCo, a global food and beverage leader, has announced a €39 million expansion of its manufacturing facilities at its site in Little Island, County Cork. The move follows the completion

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Henry Brothers awarded £30 million contract for new Advanced Manufacturing Innovation Centre in Northern Ireland

    Henry Brothers awarded £30 million contract for new Advanced Manufacturing Innovation Centre in Northern Ireland

A contractor has been appointed for the Queen’s University-led Advanced Manufacturing Innovation Centre (AMIC), a £100 million Belfast Region City

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Infrastructure needs ‘significant transformation’

    Infrastructure needs ‘significant transformation’

The European Commission’s European Coordinator – TEN-T Scandinavian-Mediterranean Corridor Pat Cox believes the design, construction, and maintenance of infrastructure projects

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Plans for 190 apartments on Monahan Rd in Cork

Plans for 190 apartments in a complex ranging from one to 12 storeys high have been lodged for a site

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Stormont department criticised for building Derry park-and-ride which breaches planning rules

  The Department for Infrastructure (DfI) has been strongly criticised for building a second park-and-ride facility on the outskirts of

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Janssen to expand Cork facility with possible creation of 180 jobs

  Janssen Sciences Ireland is expanding its biopharmaceutical supply chain facility in Ringaskiddy, Co Cork. The facility, which is part

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Plans for Port Investment in Cork Harbour Stalled by Objections to Develop former IFI Marino Plant Site

A major new port facility planned on the Cork Harbour site of the former Irish Fertiliser Industries (IFI) plant at

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Cork GAA cleared to lodge ‘fast track’ plans for residential development on GAA lands

The way is now clear for the debt-laden Cork County GAA Board to lodge ‘fast track’ plans to An Bord

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Concerns grow over major Limerick road projects after construction company enter receivership

  A YEAR after work on a vital €58m road restarted, concern has now been expressed over the future of

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Up the Walls – Paul Clements on Hadrian’s Wall and the Mourne Wall

Two walls – one in the north of England and the other in the north of Ireland, separated in their

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Northern Ireland seeks to fix longstanding productivity problem

Beside a main road close to Northern Ireland’s only Unesco world heritage site, the Giant’s Causeway, lies an empty field

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Multi-million pound floating wind farm proposed off Northern Ireland coast

Work is under way on a bid to open a multi-million pound offshore floating wind farm off the coast of

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Northern Ireland’s construction sector contracts again amid rising costs and skills shortages

LABOUR shortages and soaring material costs are having a devastating inpact on the north’s construction sector, where workloads capitulated in

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Translink boss says Belfast Transport Hub will ‘create a gateway’ to NI

As construction begins on the new £175 million Belfast Transport Hub, Translink’s CEO says the project will offer “lots of

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Building supplies company is third challenger to Galway Ring Road

A building supplies company is the third challenger to take a High Court action over permission granted for the Galway

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Henry Brothers sets bar for sustainability in construction sector

SOUTH Derry construction giant Henry Brothers has launched a strategy to achieve net zero carbon emissions by 2050. The company

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PMI: North’s private sector records much improved start to 2022

THE north’s private sector recorded a marked improvement in economic output at the start of 2022, driven by the performance

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Lyons launches board member competition for Construction Industry Training Board Northern Ireland

Economy Minister Gordon Lyons has launched a public appointment competition to recruit 10 board members to the Construction Industry Training

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Construction to begin later this year on Cork Events Centre after Cabinet approves extra funding

CONSTRUCTION IS TO begin on a new Cork Events Centre later this year – five years after a ‘turning of

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Ridgeway records 40 per cent surge in turnover after securing European rights for marine construction product

BELFAST construction supply firm Ridgeway has projected significant growth in 2022 after acquiring the European rights to distribute ‘filter units’

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Construction begins on converter station for €400m Greenlink Interconnector

Construction works on the converter station site in Wexford for the €400m Greenlink Interconnector commenced in late January. Greenlink will

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Eli Lilly to invest €400m and create 800 jobs in Limerick expansion

More than 800 jobs will be created by Eli Lilly as part of a new €400m investment into Ireland as

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Protocol ‘is working for construction’ despite price challenges

THE north’s construction sector grew in 2021 despite the challenges posed by Covid and Brexit, and the combination of material

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Plans for development of O’Connell Street and Moore Street get green light

Some of the first plans in the €500 million redevelopment of Dublin city’s most prominent site, the 5.5-acre plot stretching

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Plan to build social housing in Limerick faces fresh uncertainty over funding

    Plan to build social housing in Limerick faces fresh uncertainty over funding

An examiner appointed to a construction firm that has been building a planned social housing development in Limerick has so

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New centre for excellence to open in Limerick in mid 2022

    New centre for excellence to open in Limerick in mid 2022

A NEW centre of excellence located in Limerick’s National Technology Park is due to be completed in mid 2022. IDA

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Aldi and Lidl announce separate multi-million euro investments in Cork

    Aldi and Lidl announce separate multi-million euro investments in Cork

The store will bring up to 25 permanent new jobs to Kanturk after planning permission for the supermarket was secured.

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‘It’s a distillery, not Rapunzel’s castle’ – Locals object to Dingle distillery expansion

    ‘It’s a distillery, not Rapunzel’s castle’ – Locals object to Dingle distillery expansion

The company also plans to provide a shuttle bus service from the centre of Dingle for visitors during summer months

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MICA HOMEOWNERS GAIN UNANIMOUS SUPPORT AT EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT

    MICA HOMEOWNERS GAIN UNANIMOUS SUPPORT AT EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT

Members of the Mica Action Group gained unanimous support following strong presentations to the European Parliament Petitions Committee today. Ann

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Devil in detail of redress scheme for mica homeowners

    Devil in detail of redress scheme for mica homeowners

Square-foot caps on rebuilding costs will still leave many property owners out of pocket Homeowners caught up in the mica

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Proposed hotel at site of Dublin’s Cobblestone pub refused planning permission

    Proposed hotel at site of Dublin’s Cobblestone pub refused planning permission

The pub itself is a protected structure, and according to the planning application, it would be retained as part of

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Mica redress scheme finalised after intense talks on increased rates

    Mica redress scheme finalised after intense talks on increased rates

Darragh O’Brien to bring memo to Cabinet on revised scheme for rebuilds in Donegal and Mayo The Government finalised a

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O’Flynn seeks to build 275 homes on Cork’s northside

    O’Flynn seeks to build 275 homes on Cork’s northside

Plans have been submitted for a strategic housing development on the north side of Cork City. O’Flynn Construction wants to

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Scotland-Northern Ireland tunnel ‘set to be scrapped’

    Scotland-Northern Ireland tunnel ‘set to be scrapped’

Plans to build a tunnel linking Scotland and Northern Ireland are set to be scrapped for cost reasons, it has

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More than 50 submissions on controversial Clare data centre proposal

    More than 50 submissions on controversial Clare data centre proposal

More than 50 submissions have been made on the proposed new data centre for Ennis, which has garnered stiff resistance

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4,500 Dublin Hotel Rooms to be Delivered by 2023

    4,500 Dublin Hotel Rooms to be Delivered by 2023

24 new hotels, comprising 4,500 rooms, will be delivered in Dublin by the end of 2023, according to property advisor,

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