The Minister for Housing has said that increasing housing supply alone will not be enough to reduce prices. Speaking at the launch of the second quarterly progress report on the
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While lack of supply is often cited as the main issue in the Irish housing market, a mortgage broker has said the real issue is inflation and that this will
Join over 2000 Delegates at the 6th Annual National Construction Summit. The 6th Annual National Construction Summit is being held on 3rd March 2022 in the Sport Ireland Campus, Blanchardstown.
One of Northern Ireland’s biggest construction and building materials firms has swung from profit to posting a loss before tax of more than £6.8m amid the impact of Covid-19. Northstone
CABINET WILL TODAY discuss the approval of the development of 1,047 apartments and houses at the O’Devaney Gardens site in Dublin, with construction starting in the second quarter of this
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
The owners of Dundrum Town Centre have clashed with Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown council over demands for more large apartments as they advance fast-track plans for a major residential development in the
THE north’s construction sector grew in 2021 despite the challenges posed by Covid and Brexit, and the combination of material and labour shortages, a new industry barometer shows. But it
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
Penneys has today confirmed its plans to relocate its existing store in Dundrum Town Centre to the upper floors of the former House of Fraser site. The Irish retailer said
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 390MW. Irish-owned Echelon Data Centres has announced a debt financing
The number of residential property transactions increased by almost 19% to 44,110 in the 12 months to October 2021, according to the latest Residential Buildings Report published by GeoDirectory and
Property prices are expected to rise by about 5 per cent this year as supply shortages, pent-up demand and pandemic savings continue to drive activity, according to a survey of
Legislation aimed at keeping so-called “cowboy” builders out of the industry has been published by the Government. The Regulation of Providers of Building Works Bill 2021 requires builders to sign
EirGrid has confirmed that it will not connect new data centres in Dublin until 2028. They said that the greater Dublin area is “constrained and any new data centre applications
Bank says money will finance 3,000 new units AIB is launching a new €500 million fund to back the development of up to 3,000 social houses. It is a follow-on from
The house extension plan by MMA star Conor McGregor has a “simple” design and complements the existing home at the site. That is according to Mr McGregor’s planning expert, Kevin
Hawkins Brown has opened an office in Dublin, its fourth new studio in six years but only its second overseas. The practice already has offices in London, Manchester, Los Angeles
Nigerian rescue crews have pulled two more survivors out of a collapsed Lagos high-rise building and were communicating with others buried inside the rubble, a day after the disaster killed
Irish Wheelchair Association recently celebrated the refurbishment of the superb facilities in the Dr. Oliver Murphy Sports Centre, Clontarf, Dublin. The refurbishment was completed by charity partner John Paul Construction
Cork business leaders fear fallout from the Zappone affair could affect the Irish bid to host the prestigious yacht race in 2024. The Government is under pressure from Cork’s business
Knauf UK and Ireland has announced the appointment of Ian Stokes as Managing Director. This is a return to the
Savills says that take up has been good, although the Central Bank of Ireland warned recently of the danger of
Rising costs left operating profits at builder Sisk’s parent trailing by more than 25 per cent at €21 million last
DIT and Sirus International are calling on the young men and women of Ireland to join the Building Engineering community
Eoghan Murphy, Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government, has announced a number of key actions already being taken by
According to the GeoView report, published by GeoDirectory, the construction of new homes was up by a third in the
Twitter’s EMEA Headquarters at Cumberland Place, Dublin 2, has been awarded LEED Platinum level certification for a Repurposed Building. It
CIF Regional Director, Western & Midland region, Justin Molloy discusses the pros and cons to bundling projects. Bundling projects
The Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland (RIAI) has announced the winners of 2017 RIAI Architecture Awards. The awards
There has been a surge in office “pre-letting” – the practice of tenants committing to lease contracts before a building
Minister for Housing and Urban Renewal Damien English launched the 2017 Homes for Smart Ageing Universal Design Challenge on Tuesday. An initiative
The Daft.ie Rental Report for the third quarter of 2016, released on Tuesday, November 8, called the lack of residential
Royal BAM Group has been identified as a global leader for its actions and strategies in response to climate change
ESB Networks and ESB International have repaired the undersea cable fault located about 2km off the coast of Inis Mór,
Actavo, a leading international engineering solutions company, has signed a five-year partnership with ScottishPower to help deliver the majority of
Construction Information Services (CIS) has published its annual report, pinpointing in excess of €17 billion in key and major construction
Investec reports that the Irish Exchequer Returns, which was just published by the Department of Finance (DoF) display a healthy position, with the Exchequer in surplus to the tune of €862m in the first seven months of the year, in comparison to a deficit of €648m in the same period of 2015.
The average asking price for homes in Dublin fell by 1.4 per cent in the third quarter but outside Dublin,
The Construction sector in Ireland has the potential to double in size over the short to medium term, according to
There are 2,600 council houses lying empty across Ireland, a situation that has been called “shocking”. The numbers were obtained by
Only 13,000 new homes were built in the 12 months to July, far below what is needed to tackle the
Closing date extended to Friday 10th July 26th June 2015 – The closing date for entries to the Sustainable Energy
Consolidation of legacy lines, Unified Communications (UC) between sites and adoption of SIP with a Rollout that Took Less than
Good news!i3PT Certification are delighted to announce that due to an increased workload and a period of significant growth, we
The country’s manufacturing sector expanded at its quickest pace in three months in May to mark two years of non-stop
Job benefits of bioenergy sector doubled if local resources used Friday, 29th May 2015: New reports published today by
DUBLIN, May 20, 2015 – Mallinckrodt plc, a leading global specialty biopharmaceutical company, today announced a €45million investment to expand
Diatec, the largest Autodesk Gold Partner in Ireland, is delighted to announce David Purdon has been appointed as the company’s
In 1999 Hollywood House, an imposing Victorian two-storey over basement house at Mount Anville Road in Dublin 14, went on
British Land has extended its footprint in Paddington, West London, with the purchase of the £210m One Sheldon Square site.
Britcon has completed a £7.4 million project to build a new state of the art training facility in Park Royal
Consultant Turner & Townsend has been appointed to provide programme, project, cost and procurement support for the planned £480m retail
Ireland’s leading dairy ingredients company, Glanbia Ingredients Ireland, has commenced production at its new, state-of-the-art nutritional ingredients plant at Belview
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