Mainstream CEO welcomes strong close to Q3
Speaking in Dublin, Mainstream Renewable Power CEO, Dr Eddie O’Connor, has welcomed a strong close to the third quarter across all the company’s markets. “Over [...]
Survey reveals 2/3s of businesses plan to hire staff in 2015
91% of Chief Financial Officers (CFOs) believe that their business is in a good position to capitalise on the expected economic up-turn in Q4 and [...]
Limerick to get first new office block since the boom
The Independent reports that Property developer Brookvale Trust has kicked off a €25m development in Limerick in what is being described as the first major [...]
WIT’s SEAM Launch €1.1 million Metal 3D Printing Programme
A ground breaking Metal 3D Printing-Additive Manufacturing programme that will revolutionise manufacturing industries in Ireland was launched at Waterford Institute of Technology WIT. The South [...]
1,000 construction jobs expected to be created by Bristol-Myers Squibb in County Dublin
The Minister for Business & Employment, Ged Nash TD, has warmly welcomed the announcement by biopharmaceutical company Bristol-Myers Squibb that it is to build a [...]
Gaelectric opens Dunbeg Wind Farm
Gaelectric, the renewable energy and energy storage group, has officially started turning the turbines on it's multi million euro Dunbeg Wind Farm. Dunbeg is Gaelectric’s second [...]
Green Property sells London block for €261m
Irish property development company Green Property has sold a high-spec office block in central London for nearly €261m. The Dublin-based company — via its Kish [...]
Walsh Whiskey AWARDS CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT FOR CRAFT DISTILLERY & VISITOR CENTRE AT ROYAL OAK, CARLOW TO DUGGAN LYNCH
Walsh Whiskey Distillery has awarded Kilkenny firm Duggan Lynch the contract to build the company’s world-class, craft Irish whiskey distillery at Royal Oak, Carlow by [...]
Linham Construction to complete new Central Bank HQ building
Linham Construction has been selected as the contractor to transform the failed Anglo Irish Docklands building in to an ultra-modern new home for the Central Bank. [...]
Kingspan agrees to purchase Building Products (“BP”) division of Vicwest in Canada
Kingspan Group, a specialist in high performance insulation and building envelopes, is pleased to announce that it has entered into an agreement to acquire the Building [...]
The Rosie Hackett Bridge voted Best Engineering Project of the Year by Irish public
The Rosie Hackett Bridge, which links the north and south banks of the River Liffey, has been voted Engineering Project of the Year by the [...]
Topaz creating 110 jobs as it invests €10m
Forecourt and petrol retailer Topaz is investing €10m in two new service stations that will open in north Dublin and Co Laois in January and [...]
The Gherkin sold to Brazilian billionaire
London's Gherkin has been sold to a Brazilian billionaire for a reported £700m plus. The Norman Foster-designed building was completed in 2004 for Swiss Re. The insurer sold [...]
Decade high for construction new business rise
The latest Ulster Bank construction PMI (purchasing managers' index) survey shows the fastest rise in new business for decade - however do not confuse a [...]
Avaya Investment leads to 75 new jobs
Avaya, a global leader in business communications and engagement technologies, hasannounced the creation of 75 new highly skilled roles at Avaya’s Customer Engagement Centre in Galway, [...]
Roadbridge – Q-Mark National Awards Winner 2014
Roadbridge have become the first construction company to achieve the status of Overall winner at the National Q-Mark Awards 2014. These awards took place at [...]
Collen Construction commence work of the €50m expansion of Kildare Village centre
Five hundred new jobs are to be created with the expansion of Kildare Village Shopping Centre. Collen Construction and will see the creation of 120 [...]
€10m commitment for UL library project welcomed
Fine Gael TD for Limerick and Party Chairman, Dan Neville TD, has welcomed the commitment made by Minister for Education and Skills, Jan O’Sullivan TD, [...]
DIT Grangegorman being delivered with sustainable transport focus to the fore
Paschal Donohoe TD, Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport recently visited the DIT Campus at Grangegorman, Dublin’s newest third level campus, to congratulate the Dublin Institute [...]
Major boost for Irish construction industry as Saint-Gobain announce new building skills academy to train 25,000 workers over 5 years
Saint-Gobain, the building materials multi-national, today announced a new construction skills academy for Dublin that will train 25,000 new construction workers over the next five [...]
C&D Foods open state of the art facility at Edgeworthstown
C&D Foods will today announce the opening of a new state of the art pet food pouch manufacturing facility in Edgeworthstown. The new facility, an extension to [...]














