Government should fast track rollout of water metering – CIF
The CIF has called on the Government to ensure that fair and balanced water charges apply from the start of the new scheme by fast [...]
PUBLIC CONSULTATION ON REVIEW OF WIND ENERGY GUIDELINES INITIATED
The Department of Environment, Community and Local Government today announced the beginning of a consultation process that will lead to an update of the technical [...]
CIT Creates Ireland’s First Centre for Entrepreneurship Excellence
Cork Institute of Technology has announced the creation of its new Centre for Entrepreneurship Excellence, The Hincks Centre. In creating Ireland’s first Centre of Entrepreneurship [...]
Building of New Replacement Mental Health Facility at Grangegorman complete
The New Replacement Mental Health Facility for St. Brendan's Hospital at Grangegorman has been handed over to the HSE by the Grangegorman Development Agency. The [...]
CareBright lodge application to redevelop Microtherm factory unit in Limerick
Planning permission is being sought for the construction of a centre of excellence for care and education - including 11 residential units - on the [...]
New leadership for planning professionals in Ireland
RTPI Ireland this month inaugurated Marion Chalmers and Dr Berna Grist as Chair and Vice Chair respectively for 2013. With a membership of 23,000 professional [...]
Tierney to head up water charges agency
Dublin City Council head Mr. John Tierney has been announced as the boss of new semi-state agency Irish Water. Mr Tierney said he was honoured [...]
Minister Hogan welcomes the publication of two new standards dealing with pyrite problem
The Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government, Mr Phil Hogan, T.D., today (29 January 2013) welcomed the publication of two new Irish Standards [...]
Floods and storms causing major disruptions nationally
FLOODING caused widespread motoring chaos as wind blowing at speeds of up to 120kmh and giant waves lashed the country the Independent has reported. Issuing [...]
Minister Hayes announces – Half a million public service invoices to be eliminated
Procurement Minister, Mr. Brian Hayes TD, announced today the launch of the Framework for the Supply of Purchasing Cards to the Irish public sector. Following [...]
147 new jobs for Cork and Dublin in 6 fast-growing companies
IDA Ireland’s Emerging Business Division continues to win high-value jobs in ICT, Medical Technology, Financial Services and Digital Media. Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, Richard [...]
US housing market is surging again after years of historic declines
The US housing market is surging again after years of historic declines, and the unique forces powering its return could last well into 2013. The number [...]
Major design project in India for Belfast architects
Award winning Belfast-based architects Hall Black Douglas (HBD) has won a significant design contract in India for a 180 bed Community Healthcare Complex with assistance [...]
H+A Marketing + PR invests €250,000 in expanding social media services creating 6 new positions
Leading communications agency H+A Marketing + PR today announced that it will create six new jobs in its expanded social media division this year on [...]
Cork City Council meeting abandoned after property tax protests
Lord Mayor John Buttimer said the council’s fortnightly meeting could not continue given the “barracking” of protestors. Cork City Council's fortnightly meeting was abandoned yesterday evening as [...]
Sinn Féin to introduce climate change bill
Sinn Fein spokesperson on environment, community and local government, Brian Stanley TD announced today that Sinn Féin will introduce a climate change bill next week [...]
Commission completes eighth Programme review
The European Commission has completed its eighth review of the EU-IMF financial assistance programme for Ireland and has published the technical report by the Directorate [...]
Core retail sales up again in December
Data released this morning by the CSO show that headline retail sales volumes decreased 0.1% m/m in December. On an annual basis, this equated to [...]
STRATEGIC FOCUS ON MIDDLE EAST PAYS DIVIDENDS FOR IRISH ENGINEERING COMPANY
Irish engineering consultancy, Fehily Timoney & Company, has successfully turned its business around with a strategic focus on the Middle East. This is paying significant [...]
PORT OF CORK SIGNS UP TO ENERGY SAVINGS WITH SEAI
The Port of Cork signed up as a partner of the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI) recently at the launch of Energy Cork in [...]
Index Shows Dramatic Rise in Irish Investor Confidence
RaboDirect’s Investor Barometer, which measures sentiment among Irish investors, reached an all time high in January having entered positive territory for the first time. The [...]














