Plans for almost 1,000 social and affordable homes at the Central Mental Hospital in Dundrum, south Dublin, have been lodged with An Bord Pleanála by the Land Development Agency (LDA).
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Galway Bay FM Newsroom – Construction chiefs are warning that the ‘National Development Plan’ and ‘Housing for All’ are both under threat over rising costs. Firms are threatening to pull
Construction work costing €12.5 million has gone ahead on the controversial Charlemont Metrolink station near Ranelagh, Dublin, even though transport authorities have yet to seek planning permission for the rail
A YEAR after work on a vital €58m road restarted, concern has now been expressed over the future of the scheme. It comes after Roadbridge, the main contractor on
Labour costs could be on course to rise in the construction industry as some firms in the sector report difficulties in recruiting staff. According to the latest Purchasing Managers’ Index
The doors of Wexford Arts Centre, the longest running regional arts centre in Ireland which was established in 1974, are about to close, to allow the completion of an
Dublin airport operator, daa has secured permission to install a new paid drop-off and pick-up zone for the country’s busiest airport. It follows Fingal County Council granting planning permission to
Ultra Clean today announced that it is establishing an Advanced Technology Cleaning Centre (ATCC) in Cavan. This investment represents a key milestone in UCT’s global expansion plans supporting surging demand
Ireland’s CRH will cease operating what it described as “infinitesimally small” Russian operations and has temporarily shut its much larger plants in Ukraine, the world’s second-biggest building materials supplier said
Billionaire businessman Denis O’Brien’s Jepview has secured planning permission for a 15-storey office block in Dublin’s docklands. Jepview Ltd has secured planning permission for ‘Two Grand Canal Quay’ after revising
As construction begins on the new £175 million Belfast Transport Hub, Translink’s CEO says the project will offer “lots of opportunities to enhance public transport and active travel” in Northern
A new system of calculating grants for Mica homeowners will be considered by Government as a controversial sliding scale looks set to be dropped. The Cabinet last year approved an
Growth in the Irish construction sector accelerated at the start of the year as the impact of the Omicron wave of Covid-19 subsided and demand rose. This is according to
The Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications said he believes there is huge public interest in the Government retrofitting plan and the SEAI website was “overwhelmed” with public interest
CONSTRUCTION IS TO begin on a new Cork Events Centre later this year – five years after a ‘turning of the sod’ event was held at the site and attended
There is a lack of consultation in relation to new cycling infrastructure in Dublin city, according to local councillors. Speaking at a Dublin City Council meeting on Monday night, many
Killiney planning: ‘There is no way housing built on that strip of land would help solve the crisis’
There is a steady stream of walkers and cars passing along Vico Road, Ireland’s answer to Italy’s Amalfi Coast, on an overcast but pleasant afternoon on Wednesday. People stop to
The long awaited Dublin MetroLink will not now be completed until 2035 at the earliest, seven years after its original forecast completion date, the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has heard.
The board with responsibility for delivering Ireland’s €1.7bn new National Children’s Hospital expressed grave reservations about the project’s completion date, according to new documents. The minutes of the National Paediatric
THE NEW DUBLIN City Development plan is set to restrict the construction of new Build to Rent (BTR) developments in the city as part of efforts to push new apartments
Crackdown against rogue builders has been proposed in a new Bill that would legally stop them getting planning permission. The proposed legislation means that any time a cowboy builder applies
COSTS for the overdue metro line for Dublin will escalate if officials do not unite behind it, the head of national transport infrastructure has warned. Peter Walsh, chief executive of
An Taoiseach, Micheál Martin, visited Balbriggan on Friday to hear of plans for a multi-million state of the art music campus in Balbriggan and turn the sod on a new
The funding will go towards the completion of four data centres in Ireland, which will have a combined capacity of
Housing Minister Darragh O’Brien has said building sites will not be closed down again as Covid-19 infection rates soar. Mr
Legislation aimed at keeping so-called “cowboy” builders out of the industry has been published by the Government. The Regulation of
An examiner appointed to a construction firm that has been building a planned social housing development in Limerick has so
Castle View, a brand-new housing estate with 100 residential units in Lucan, Co Dublin, was completed in May. Pristine and
A Government plan to build affordable housing has been described as an “absolute failure” after it emerged only eight homes
The project will start on time, and will finish on time — that was the promise from Cork Airport bosses
Enterprise Ireland’s first in-person trade mission since the onset of the Covid pandemic starts today in London, before moving on
Raw sewage discharges to be eliminated into river Avoca in Co Wicklow. Construction on a €139-million wastewater treatment plant for Arklow,
24 new hotels, comprising 4,500 rooms, will be delivered in Dublin by the end of 2023, according to property advisor,
Faced with long restrictions that are only just being lifted many hotels are using the opportunity to make significant upgrades.
Savills has brought the Point Square development in Dublin’s north docklands to the market on behalf of the Joint Statutory
A major innovation introduced by an Irish visualisation company is set to transform the way proposers of projects, such as
The Irish Planning Institute (IPI) has announced the winners of the 2020 Planning Awards. Limerick City and County Council’s ‘Living
The Ireland Chapter of Project Management Institute (PMI) has announced the expert speakers for its National Conference, with former Irish Rugby
The annual National Construction Summit is being held on Tuesday, 24th March 2020 at a new venue – the National
Ballymore, the international property development company, and its development partner, Oxley Holdings, have received planning approval for 741 residential homes
Any future Government will require a thriving and dynamic construction industry to deliver any promises made during the election, according
Cairn Homes is continuing its busy start to 2020 with news that full planning permission has been granted by An
The Land Development Agency (LDA), Limerick City and County Council (LCCC), the HSE and CIÉ have signed a Memorandum of
Dr Conor Norton MIPI (pictured) has been elected President of the Irish Planning Institute (IPI) for 2020 and 2021. The IPI is
Full planning permission has been granted by An Bord Pleanála for Cairn Homes’ 380 unit strategic housing scheme at Newcastle,
Researchers from the ESRI, UCD, NUI Galway and Trinity College Dublin will discuss how a high-quality local environment can improve
Esprit Investments Ltd has applied for planning permission to develop a derelict site in Dublin 2. The site borders Brunswick
Falcon Real Estate Development Ireland has submitted its application for Planning Permission to Waterford City & County Council for the
Hammerson, the UK-based property, development and investment company, has received planning approval for 107 new apartments at Dundrum Town Centre
Global real estate investment company Kennedy Wilson has announced the launch of its newest Dublin campus development – Coopers Cross.
An Bord Pleanála has granted planning permission for Irish Water’s Greater Dublin Drainage (GDD) Project in North Dublin. Once operational,
BlackBee Group has announced that it is about to move to planning on the first new nursing home under its
JCD Group has formally lodged its planning application with An Bord Pleanála to construct a large-scale residential ‘build to rent’
Falcon Real Estate Development Ireland has confirmed that, by the end of November 2019, the application for Planning Permission to
‘Essential Aggregates: Providing for Ireland’s needs to 2040’ is an industry led call for Government to ensure that Ireland’s future
The Irish Planning Institute (IPI), the all-island body for professional planners engaged in physical, spatial and environmental planning in Ireland,
“Planning is not the roadblock to housing delivery,” according to Joe Corr, President of the Irish Planning Institute (IPI), the
CIF is calling for an extension of the Help to Buy scheme as a top priority in their recent Pre-Budget
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