The Government's announcement they are to spend €3.8 billion on social housing by 2020 will create a massive uplift in construction activity, according to the [...]

The Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government, Alan Kelly T.D. together with his colleague Paudie Coffey T.D., Minister of State at the Department of [...]

The Construction Industry Federation (CIF) has hailed the latest increase in construction employment, saying it is a sign of the "growing vitality" in the sector. [...]

Minister of State at the Department of Health, Kathleen Lynch has welcomed the proposed development of a new Primary Care Centre for North West of Cork [...]

The Minister for Finance Mr Michael Noonan T.D. announced today (25 November) that Mr John Corrigan will retire as Chief Executive of the National Treasury [...]

Mercury Holdings, an international mechanical, electrical and fire protection engineering contractor has announced that Eoin Vaughan is the new Managing Director of the Group. Mercury, [...]

Danone Nutricia Early Life Nutrition’s Wexford facility is being expanded, with the recruitment of 50 new roles in areas including engineering and food science already [...]

The Minister for the Diaspora, Jimmy Deenihan T.D., has begun an Enterprise Ireland trade mission to Australia, leading 18 innovative, exporting Irish construction and engineering companies [...]

Darmstadt, Germany. A concept developed by the Passive House Institute for the energy-focused modernisation of buildings has won first prize in a competition. The award [...]

MDS Global Technologies and SWG Inc. have this week officially opened their international headquarters in Kells, Meath, creating a total of 50 jobs. The companies were [...]

Comharchumann Fuinnimh Oileáin Árainn Teo (Aran Islands Renewable Energy Ltd) was named this year’s overall winner of the Sustainable Energy Awards 2014 for its range [...]

An interdisciplinary team of four students from the School of Engineering at WIT were victorious in the first annual national Passive House Association of Ireland [...]

The CIF held a briefing recently to discuss the Government incentives / assistance that are available to those in the construction sector looking to take [...]

Environment Minister Alan Kelly has announced that the Commission for Energy Regulation (CER) has approved a water charges plan for Irish Water. A statement was released [...]

Egis Projects Ireland, one of Ireland’s biggest toll road operators, has again chosen competitive energy provider Energia in an 8 gigawatt (GWhrs) deal. The deal [...]

Yesterday Hibernia posted interim results for the six months to the end of September in which it noted an investment of €319m and also committed [...]

The call by the Higher Education Authority (HEA) for proposals from Higher Education Institutions (HEI’s) to add 1,250 additional ICT degree places has been welcomed [...]

The CIF has hailed the announcement of the Apprenticeship Council as being "fundamentally important for the future of the construction industry".  The CIF believes that [...]

The Construction Industry Federation (CIF) has called for the urgent enactment of the Industrial Relations (Amendment) Bill 2014 and the implementation of a new Registered [...]

Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport, Paschal Donohoe TD, this afternoon (Tuesday) officially opened the N7 Newlands Cross Upgrade scheme. The junction is one of [...]

The Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport, Paschal Donohoe, TD, today launched Dublin Port Company’s first Sustainability Report. The new report, to be published annually, [...]