Electric Ireland and Tipperary Energy Agency announce landmark home retrofit JV
Electric Ireland and Tipperary Energy Agency have announced a new joint venture, ‘Electric Ireland SuperHomes’, with the ambition of delivering 35,000 deep home energy [...]
King & Moffatt – Future Focused
Efficiencies at scale, from prefabrication to embracing the latest technologies, are driving ambitious growth plans at King & Moffatt. The end of their 2020 [...]
Chadwicks opens first ECO Centre in newly revamped Galway branch
Chadwicks has announced the launch of the first Chadwicks ECO Centre at its Galway branch on Wellpark Road. The Chadwicks ECO Centre is a [...]
Generation Apprenticeship 2021 winners announced
Organised by SOLAS on behalf of the national Apprenticeship Council, the competition invited teams from post-primary schools, Community Training and Youthreach to create either [...]
Irish Water progressing development of the National Water Resources Plan
Irish Water has adopted the Framework Plan for the National Water Resources Plan (NWRP) which will safeguard public health, support growth and meet the [...]
Deloitte reports number of residential units submitted for planning in Q1 down 29%
The number of residential units submitted for planning in the first quarter of 2021 is down by 29% compared to the same period in [...]
Above Your Station!
Will Merriman, John Sisk & Son and Colin Grimes, Iarnród Éireann tells Irish building magazine that a landmark project to re-roof Pearse Station – [...]
Sisk sowing the seeds of the future with 11 new apprentices
John Sisk & Son’s new carpentry and joinery apprentices have completed one of Sisk’s first tree planting exercises as part of its commitment to [...]
Home Builders concerned at impact of increased cost of building materials
A survey carried out by the Irish Home Builders Association (IHBA) of its membership has found that increased timber prices and supply chain issues, [...]
Initiative Ireland to Lend €600m to Build 5,000 New Homes
Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage, Darragh O'Brien TD has welcomed the announcement by Initiative Ireland of its new sustainable finance partnership, for [...]
Investing In People Brings Rewards For Kirby
Kirby Group Engineering just announced it has achieved ‘platinum’ accreditation from the ‘Investors in People’ programme. It follows a highly rigorous assessment process for [...]
VPS Group’s Charity Cycle ride passes half-way target for mental health campaigns
On Sunday 23 May, Darron Cavanagh, chief operating officer at the site security specialist VPS, and Lee Newman, their CEO, will start pedaling on [...]
Premier Inn presses on with three Dublin hotels under construction
Whitbread, the owner of Premier Inn, the UK’s largest hotel business, is pressing on with its expansion plans in Dublin city centre with three [...]
Osborne + Co acquires CIF and CWPS Grand Canal site
International property developer Osborne + Co has acquired the site by the Grand Canal that houses the headquarters of the Construction Industry Federation (CIF). [...]
Housing activity returns to growth as restrictions ease in April
The Ulster Bank Construction Purchasing Managers’ Index® (PMI®) – a seasonally adjusted index designed to track changes in total construction activity – rose to [...]
Farrans Construction begins investigation stage of Irish Water supply upgrade project
Farrans Construction has started site investigation works ahead of its delivery of planned strategic water supply upgrade projects for Irish Water, working in partnership [...]
Closing the Construction Skills Gap
As Chairman of Construction Sector Innovation and Digital Adoption, within the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform, PJ Rudden tells Irish building magazine that [...]
Public consultation begins for DART+ South West
Minister for Transport Eamon Ryan T.D., Mayor of South Dublin Ed O’Brien, Cathaoirleach of Kildare Co.Co Mark Stafford, and Director at Atkins Tony Mortimer [...]
Resolving Construction disputes – What are the options and why is it important?
It happens frequently…parties spend weeks and months negotiating complex clauses in their construction contracts. The end is in sight but the question of dispute [...]
Your pension: How much is enough?
This is a question often asked, either just in our minds or sometimes asked directly to a pension adviser. It is a really important [...]
Irish Architecture Foundation line up award winning architects for virtual talks
The Irish Architecture Foundation (IAF) has announced a series of talks featuring leading international architecture and design experts. New Now Next will feature three [...]

































