€50m Boost to Housing Capital Budget a Significant Investment
Minister for Housing and Planning, Jan O’Sullivan, TD, today welcomed the announcement by Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, Brendan Howlin, TD, of an additional [...]
Taoiseach confirms construction-sector jobs plan
Enda Kenny will reveal a major new jobs plan for the construction sector later this week. An Taoiseach has stated that Ireland must kickstart a revival in the [...]
Nama to sell Project Tower loan portfolio
Nama has said that it will sell the Project Tower loan portfolio to Blackstone Real Estate Partners Europe IV. The portfolio relates to loans secured [...]
Auction of Irish Treasury Bills announced
The NTMA has announced an auction of Treasury Bills (‘Bills’) on Thursday 15 May 2014. The NTMA will offer €500 million of Treasury Bills with [...]
Irish Water publishes its Capital Investment Plan 2014- 2016
The Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government, Phil Hogan, T.D., today welcomed the publication by Irish Water of its Capital Investment Plan 2014- [...]
Donald Trump pledges to invest €45m at Doonbeg
Donal Trump has stated that he will invest anywhere up to €45m at his Trump International Golf Links and Hotel Ireland at Doonbeg in Co Clare. [...]
Minister Rabbitte Launches Green Paper on Energy Policy
The Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources today launched the Energy Policy Green Paper for Ireland marking the beginning of a ten week public [...]
AIB returns to profitability in Q1
AIB has said in it's interim management statement that it returned to profitability during Q1 of 2014. The bank has stated that it had seen a significant reduction [...]
Bank of Ireland Ipsos MRBI survey of Irish SMEs reveals that 82% of SMEs believe their businesses have stabilised or are growing
To mark the start of National Enterprise Week which runs from 16 to 23May, 2014, Bank of Ireland Business Banking today (Monday 12 May, 2014) [...]
Strong growth in activity, new orders and employment reported in April
The Irish construction sector continued its recent run of strong expansion in April as growth of activity and new business both reached multi-year highs. Firms [...]
Kenny turns the sod on €550M Gort to Tuam motorway
An Taoiseach, Enda Kenny has turned the sod on the €550 million, M17/M18 motorway project which will boost the local economy, remove several bottlenecks and [...]
Kennedy Wilson Europe Real Estate buys property portfolio for €472m
Kennedy Wilson Europe Real Estate the US venture capital firm has agreed to purchase a mixed property portfolio for €472m. This is the groups first venture in Ireland since floating [...]
Minister Quinn turns sod on new €8 million Secondary School in Miltown, Co. Kerry
The Minister for Education and Skills, Ruairí Quinn T.D., today performed the official sod turning on the new Presentation Secondary School in Miltown, County Kerry. [...]
Former Great Southern Hotel, Rosslare, for Sale
The former Great Southern Hotel at Rosslare Harbour, Co. Wexford is for sale. Savills and Claude Howlin Auctioneers are guiding in the region of €350,000 [...]
Grafton posts positive start to 2014
Grafton Group, the builders merchant and DIY retailer, has said that group revenue for the four months to the end of April increased by 13.5 [...]
Engineers conference to focus on challenge of doing business in Ireland
The parallel sessions of the Engineers Ireland Annual Conference, which runs from 15-16 May, will focus on overcoming the challenges of doing business in Ireland [...]
Ireland sells €750 million of its 10-Year bond by auction
The National Treasury Management Agency (NTMA) has today completed an auction of €750 million of the benchmark 10-Year Irish Government bond, the 3.40% Treasury Bond [...]
Launch of €70 million Irish Energy Efficiency Fund
Energy Minister, Pat Rabbitte T.D., has today launched the new €70 million National Energy Efficiency Fund with Sustainable Development Capital LLP (SDCL), the leading energy [...]
Malcolm Hollis bolsters Irish team with two appointments
Two senior surveyors are joining Malcolm Hollis to bolster the team in Dublin, as the leading independent surveying consultancy firm strengthens its business in light [...]
Abbott Receives Prestigious International Award for Operational Excellence in Ireland
Abbott has been awarded the Shingo Prize, a leading international award for operational excellence, by the Shingo Institute at the Jon M. Huntsman School of [...]
CRH sees little impact from Holcim, Lafarge merger
Ireland's CRH does not expect the merger of Holcim and Lafarge to have a big impact cement industry competition nor raise antitrust issues for its [...]














