€15m renovation fund to turn vacant units into family homes welcomed
The Tánaiste Eamon Gilmore T.D., has welcomed today’s announcement by the Minister for Housing & Planning, Jan O’Sullivan, that 952 vacant local authority homes around [...]
Govt signs off Bill to formally establish Shannon Group
Minister for Transport, Tourism & Sport Leo Varadkar and Minister for Jobs, Enterprise & Innovation Richard Bruton welcomed Government approval to publish the Bill and [...]
952 Social homes to be delivered through €15m investment
Minister for Housing and Planning, Jan O’Sullivan, TD today announced that 952 homes will be provided through a scheme to bring back into use long-term [...]
Osage Wind Project Sold by NTR plc to TradeWind Energy for $60m
NTR plc, the renewables investment group, today announced that its US wind company, Wind Capital Group LLC has successfully completed a transaction with TradeWind Energy [...]
Prime Dublin property portfolio for sale guiding €160 million
In one of the most significant investment sales of 2014, property advisors Knight Frank and Savills are to bring a portfolio of prime city centre [...]
Louis Copeland’s Wicklow Street Building on the Market for in Excess of €2.5m
18 Wicklow Street, a retail building let to master tailors, Louis Copeland and Sons, is for sale. The guide price is in excess of €2.5m, [...]
John Mulcahy receives Gold Medal from Society of Chartered Surveyors of Ireland
Mr. John Mulcahy, a Chartered Surveyor and former Board Member and Head of Asset Management of the National Asset Management Agency (NAMA) has been awarded [...]
Mahon Point Shopping Centre Cork – 1st BREEAM In Use Certified Building in Ireland
Mahon Point Shopping Centre in Cork was opened in 2005 and is owned by one of Deka Immobilien’s open-ended real estate funds, Deka-ImmobilienEuropa and managed [...]
NUI Galway announces new industry-focused initiative for Biomedical and Mechanical Engineering degree programmes in response to growing demand from industry
In a significant development for engineering education, following extensive consultation with industry partners, the NUI Galway College of Engineering and Informatics has announced that the [...]
Goodbody Stockbrokers upgrades domestic demand figures
Stockbrokers Goodbody has upgraded its domestic demand figures from 1.5pc and 2.2pc to 2.5pc in 2014 and 2.7pc in 2015. Domestic demand is accelerating on the [...]
Planned €80 million investment in new manufacturing facility, supporting an expected 150 construction jobs
Ethicon Biosurgery Ireland, part of the Johnson & Johnson Family of Companies, plans to develop an €80 million state-of-the-art manufacturing facility providing approximately 270 jobs [...]
Ireland’s tallest building sold
Ireland's tallest building the Obel development in Belfast, has been sold. The loan sale was handled by property consultants, Savills, and law firm Tughans, on [...]
Leading Wind Energy Manufacturer ENERCON Opens New European Sales Office in Dublin
Minister Pat Rabbitte TD officially opened ENERCON`s new European sales office in Santry, Dublin. ENERCON is Europe’s leading supplier for wind energy turbines onshore with [...]
Bord na Móna turns on the lights with new landfill gas power plant
Bord na Móna today launched a new landfill-gas power plant that will generate enough electricity to power 8,500 homes. Minister for the Communications, Energy and [...]
ESRI Report underlines needs to reduce barriers to house building
The ESRI’s latest Quarterly Economic Commentary underlines the need for measures to reduce the barriers to house building, according to the Construction Industry Federation (CIF). [...]
Growth in activity quickens to sharpest since January 2006
The end of the first quarter of 2014 saw an acceleration in the rate of growth in Irish construction activity, while new orders increased at [...]
€1.5bn Needed To combat future flooding risks
Brian Hayes, Minister of State with special responsibility for the Office of Public Works, today (Thursday 10 April) opened a major Conference on Flood Risk [...]
OpenHydro and Alderney Renewable Energy (ARE) forge joint venture to develop major European tidal array
OpenHydro has forged a joint venture with Alderney Renewable Energy (ARE) to build a E600m tidal powered energy farm off the Channel Islands. They plan [...]
NTMA sell €1bn in 10-year bonds
The NTMA has today completed an auction of €1Billion of the benchmark 10-year Irish Government bond, the 3.40pc Treasury Bond 2024 at a yield of [...]
Engineers Ireland launches survey for overseas members
Engineers Ireland, the professional body for engineers, is launching a survey seeking the views of its members who work or live overseas. “We greatly value [...]
Internationally Accredited Construction Claims Course returns to Dublin
Hewitt Construction Consultancy, a company specialising in construction contractual matters, construction claims and training on these subjects will once again deliver its 2-day Intensive Training [...]














