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Almost 1,000 homes planned for Dundrum hospital site under scaled-down scheme

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 Independent TD warns of job losses in Construction Industry unless Government allows some flexibility into the market.

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

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Work on Charlemont metro station begins before planning application for line lodged

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

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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 the scheme. It comes after Roadbridge, the main contractor on

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Wage rises likely to add to construction cost pressures

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

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Wexford Arts Centre closing to allow for construction of €2.5m extension

  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

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Daa gets approval for new paid drop-off and pick-up zone at Dublin airport

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

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Ultra Clean to create 100 jobs with new facility in Cavan

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

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Irish building materials supplier CRH to withdraw from Russia

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

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Denis O’Brien firm secures permission for Dublin docklands office block

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

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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 opportunities to enhance public transport and active travel” in Northern

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New system of grants for Mica homeowners considered

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

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Construction activity growth speeds up on improved demand

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

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SEAI site ‘overwhelmed’ after retrofit scheme announced

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

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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 the sod’ event was held at the site and attended

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Lack of consultation on new cycling infrastructure in Dublin city, councillors say

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

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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

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Dublin MetroLink to be delayed until 2035 at the earliest

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.

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Minutes of hospital board meeting reveal grave reservations on €1.7bn project

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

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New Dublin development plan set to restrict the construction of Build to Rent apartments

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

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Crackdown on rogue builders proposed in new Bill that would legally stop them getting planning permission

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

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Cost escalation warning on Dublin’s MetroLink if officials fail to co-operate

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

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Taoiseach impressed by development plans at Balbriggan’s Irish Institute of Music and Song including new 400-seater Concert Hall for the town

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

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Echelon receives €855m in funding to complete four Irish data centres

The funding will go towards the completion of four data centres in Ireland, which will have a combined capacity of

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‘Construction sites will not be closed again,’ minister vows as targets missed

Housing Minister Darragh O’Brien has said building sites will not be closed down again as Covid-19 infection rates soar. Mr

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Legislation aimed at keeping ‘cowboy’ builders out of industry published

Legislation aimed at keeping so-called “cowboy” builders out of the industry has been published by the Government. The Regulation of

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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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Why hundreds of finished homes lie empty across the country

    Why hundreds of finished homes lie empty across the country

Castle View, a brand-new housing estate with 100 residential units in Lucan, Co Dublin, was completed in May. Pristine and

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Mary Lou McDonald describes affordable housing plan as ‘absolute failure’

    Mary Lou McDonald describes affordable housing plan as ‘absolute failure’

A Government plan to build affordable housing has been described as an “absolute failure” after it emerged only eight homes

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Cork Airport shuts for runway rebuild — with the promise that it will reopen on time

    Cork Airport shuts for runway rebuild — with the promise that it will reopen on time

The project will start on time, and will finish on time — that was the promise from Cork Airport bosses

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First in-person Enterprise Ireland trade mission since pandemic onset

    First in-person Enterprise Ireland trade mission since pandemic onset

Enterprise Ireland’s first in-person trade mission since the onset of the Covid pandemic starts today in London, before moving on

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Construction begins on €139m wastewater treatment plant in Arklow

    Construction begins on €139m wastewater treatment plant in Arklow

Raw sewage discharges to be eliminated into river Avoca in Co Wicklow. Construction on a €139-million wastewater treatment plant for Arklow,

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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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Hotels betting on post-Covid future

    Hotels betting on post-Covid future

Faced with long restrictions that are only just being lifted many hotels are using the opportunity to make significant upgrades.

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Dublin’s Point Square development on the market for €75m

    Dublin’s Point Square development on the market for €75m

Savills has brought the Point Square development in Dublin’s north docklands to the market on behalf of the Joint Statutory

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Irish Tech Firm Uses Virtual Reality to Transform the Way New Developments are Presented to the Public

    Irish Tech Firm Uses Virtual Reality to Transform the Way New Developments are Presented to the Public

A major innovation introduced by an Irish visualisation company is set to transform the way proposers of projects, such as

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Winners of the Irish Planning Awards 2020

    Winners of the Irish Planning Awards 2020

The Irish Planning Institute (IPI) has announced the winners of the 2020 Planning Awards. Limerick City and County Council’s ‘Living

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Expert Speakers Announced For the 2020 Project Management National Conference

    Expert Speakers Announced For the 2020 Project Management National Conference

The Ireland Chapter of Project Management Institute (PMI) has announced the expert speakers for its National Conference, with former Irish Rugby

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National Construction Summit – 24th March 2020 – The National Arena, Sport Ireland Campus in Dublin

    National Construction Summit – 24th March 2020 – The National Arena, Sport Ireland Campus in Dublin

The annual National Construction Summit is being held on Tuesday, 24th March 2020 at a new venue – the National

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Ballymore Receives Planning Approval For 741 Residential Units at Connolly Quarter Development in Dublin

    Ballymore Receives Planning Approval For 741 Residential Units at Connolly Quarter Development in Dublin

Ballymore, the international property development company, and its development partner, Oxley Holdings, have received planning approval for 741 residential homes

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CIF Proposes Actions For the Next Government

    CIF Proposes Actions For the Next Government

Any future Government will require a thriving and dynamic construction industry to deliver any promises made during the election, according

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SHD Planning Permission Granted For 426 New Homes at Farrankelly, Delgany, County Wicklow

    SHD Planning Permission Granted For 426 New Homes at Farrankelly, Delgany, County Wicklow

Cairn Homes is continuing its busy start to 2020 with news that full planning permission has been granted by An

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Masterplan For Major Limerick City Centre Development

    Masterplan For Major Limerick City Centre Development

The Land Development Agency (LDA), Limerick City and County Council (LCCC), the HSE and CIÉ have signed a Memorandum of

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New President For Irish Planning Institute

    New President For Irish Planning Institute

Dr Conor Norton MIPI (pictured) has been elected President of the Irish Planning Institute (IPI) for 2020 and 2021. The IPI is

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Cairn Homes Receives Planning Approval For County Dublin Housing Development

    Cairn Homes Receives Planning Approval For County Dublin Housing Development

Full planning permission has been granted by An Bord Pleanála for Cairn Homes’ 380 unit strategic housing scheme at Newcastle,

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Value of the Local Environment For Health and Wellbeing – Planning Implications

    Value of the Local Environment For Health and Wellbeing – Planning Implications

Researchers from the ESRI, UCD, NUI Galway and Trinity College Dublin will discuss how a high-quality local environment can improve

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Esprit Investments Applies For Planning Permission For Mixed Office, Retail and Residential Development in Dublin 2

    Esprit Investments Applies For Planning Permission For Mixed Office, Retail and Residential Development in Dublin 2

Esprit Investments Ltd has applied for planning permission to develop a derelict site in Dublin 2. The site borders Brunswick

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Planning Application Submitted For Waterford North Quays Development

    Planning Application Submitted For Waterford North Quays Development

Falcon Real Estate Development Ireland has submitted its application for Planning Permission to Waterford City & County Council for the

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Hammerson Secures Planning For Residential Development in Dublin

    Hammerson Secures Planning For Residential Development in Dublin

Hammerson, the UK-based property, development and investment company, has received planning approval for 107 new apartments at Dundrum Town Centre

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Kennedy Wilson Names Coopers Cross its Newest Dublin Campus Development

    Kennedy Wilson Names Coopers Cross its Newest Dublin Campus Development

Global real estate investment company Kennedy Wilson has announced the launch of its newest Dublin campus development – Coopers Cross.

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New Regional Wastewater Treatment Facility in North Dublin Gets Go Ahead

    New Regional Wastewater Treatment Facility in North Dublin Gets Go Ahead

An Bord Pleanála has granted planning permission for Irish Water’s Greater Dublin Drainage (GDD) Project in North Dublin. Once operational,

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First New Nursing Home in €250 Million Healthcare Investment

    First New Nursing Home in €250 Million Healthcare Investment

BlackBee Group has announced that it is about to move to planning on the first new nursing home under its

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Planning Application Lodged For Major Cork City Centre Residential Development

    Planning Application Lodged For Major Cork City Centre Residential Development

JCD Group has formally lodged its planning application with An Bord Pleanála to construct a large-scale residential ‘build to rent’

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Planning Application to be Submitted For Waterford North Quays Project

    Planning Application to be Submitted For Waterford North Quays Project

Falcon Real Estate Development Ireland has confirmed that, by the end of November 2019, the application for Planning Permission to

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ICF Launches Publication on Essential Aggregates

    ICF Launches Publication on Essential Aggregates

‘Essential Aggregates: Providing for Ireland’s needs to 2040’ is an industry led call for Government to ensure that Ireland’s future

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Irish Planning Institute Appoints Four New Fellows

    Irish Planning Institute Appoints Four New Fellows

The Irish Planning Institute (IPI), the all-island body for professional planners engaged in physical, spatial and environmental planning in Ireland,

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Planning is Not the Roadblock to Housing Delivery

    Planning is Not the Roadblock to Housing Delivery

“Planning is not the roadblock to housing delivery,” according to Joe Corr, President of the Irish Planning Institute (IPI), the

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Extension of the Help to Buy Scheme Key to Solving Housing Crisis

    Extension of the Help to Buy Scheme Key to Solving Housing Crisis

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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