Grafton ramps up
Grafton Group ramped up full-year profit and its dividend payment as trading conditions improved in the UK and Ireland and the group said it is [...]
Wood Mackenzie selected to advise on oil and gas exploration tax terms
The Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources Pat Rabbitte T.D., today announced that his Department has, following a public procurement process, selected international oil [...]
2014 NUI Galway Gala Banquet
The NUI Galway Gala Banquet had an attendance this year of 400, the annual Ball honours alumni of the university in various fields. This year five [...]
Investment Property Transactions at Record Levels
Following a record number of investment property transactions in 2013, property consultants Savills Ireland say that the value of turnover in the market could exceed [...]
Minister for Environment announces the appointment of John McCarthy to the post of Secretary General.
The Minister for the Environment, Phil Hogan, T.D. has announced that at its meeting today the Government approved the appointment of Mr. John McCarthy to [...]
Kick off for the new FAI Training Facility
The new state-of-the-art training centre will be completed on a phased basis and includes five grass pitches and an artificial pitch The Football Association of [...]
EIB support for crucial Luas project welcomed
The European Investment Bank has agreed to provide €150 million to support construction of a new connection between the Red and Green lines on Dublin’s [...]
Mortgage arrears decline for a second successive quarter
Mortgage arrears and repossessions statistics released this morning by the CSO show that total industry arrears have declined for a second successive quarter in Q4 [...]
Housing Construction Sector set to see growth from next quarter
The housing construction sector is set to see growth from the next quarter, according to the analysis from Link2Plans, the authors of the National Housing [...]
Grangegorman development to create 3,500 construction jobs
Monday saw the sod finally been turned on the new unified campus at Grangegorman for DIT. The new Grangegorman site is a strategic project for [...]
New Building Regulations in force – Surveyors appeal to Government to increase resources for local authorities
The Society of Chartered Surveyors Ireland (SCSI), the largest representative body for construction professionals and estate agents, has reminded the public that new building regulations [...]
New Passive House categories also rate building energy gains
The efficiency of the clearly defined Passive House Standard has been proven with thousands of buildings – in order to also offer a reliable means [...]
NAMA chairman says time was right to sell Battersea site
NAMA Chairman Frank Daly has stated that the timing was right when selling the Batersea site in London. The disposal was described as "the deal [...]
Minister Bruton announces €75million second Development Capital Fund
The Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, Richard Bruton TD, today (Monday) launched a €75 million fund under the Development Capital Scheme, to support established Irish companies [...]
Cork City office development to support 300 construction jobs
Planning permission has been granted by Cork City Council for a city centre office development that could see as many as 2,000 new jobs come [...]
14 audits and 28 complaints followed up on school building projects
The Minister for Education and Skills, Ruairí Quinn T.D., has outlined the work undertaken to date to ensure compliance with pay and conditions clauses in [...]
insolvencies fall by third for construction companies
Latest figures have shown that the number of construction companies to go bust has almost halved since 2008. Credit risk analyst Vision-net have confirmed that [...]
NAMA Chairman says Nama likely to wind up before 2020 deadline
The National Asset Management Agency is likely to wind up before its original expiry date of 2020, its chairman Frank Daly told The Irish Times on Saturday. He said [...]
Completion Of 35 New Homes For Elderly And People With A Disability welcomed
Ms. Jan O’Sullivan T.D., Minister for Housing and Planning and Labour TD for Limerick City today (28th February 2014) warmly welcomed the provision of 35 [...]
Hilti rises to 24th in Sunday Times’ ‘Best Companies To Work For 2014’
Global construction products manufacturer Hilti, which has its UK and Northern European headquarters in Trafford Park, Manchester has risen to 24th position in The Sunday [...]
NAMA announces €3 billion Senior Bond redemption
National Asset Management Agency (NAMA) Chairman, Mr. Frank Daly, has today said that NAMA will redeem €3 billion in Senior Bonds within the next two [...]














