Noonan named Europe’s best finance minister by The Banker magazine
Michael Noonan has been named Europe's Finance Minister of the Year by financial publication The Banker for the "extraordinary progress" made in improving Ireland's economy. The [...]
Clare County Council has been allocated €121,000 under a newly announced Government repair and conservation scheme
Clare County Council has been allocated €121,000 under a newly announced Government scheme aimed at the repair and conservation of protected structures and generating employment [...]
Savills – 132,000 new homes needed
Savills today released research stating that there is a need for at least 132,000 new homes but the loss of twenty-somethings to emigration has a [...]
Recovery in sight for housebuilding even with decrease in 2013
2013 saw yet another decline in the rate of new home construction but there were signs of recovery, according to the latest edition of the [...]
CRH spent €220m on acquisitions in last 6 months of 2013
CRH spent €220m in the second half of 2013 on acquisitions and investments, bringing its full-year tally to €700m. In an update issued on Tuesday, [...]
Post-bailout bonds sale lauded
The Irish Government has heralded big demand from hundreds of international investors who lined up to lend to the country in its first auction of [...]
Five Irish 30 under 30 make Forbes 2014 list
Five young Irishmen have been listed in the influential Forbes ‘30 under 30’ lists of people to watch. They are Limerick entrepreneurs Patrick and John Collison, golfer [...]
Dublin industrial property still in recovery
The industrial property market finished the year strongly with an uplift in take-up levels in the final quarter pushing total take-up for 2013 to 2.87m [...]
Blackstone, Google buy NAMA assets
US private equity Blackstone Group has reportedly acquired three of the four properties in NAMA's 'Platinum Portfolio' of Dublin offices, with Google buying the remaining [...]
€500m Eirgrid project important for job creation – Bruton
The Jobs Minister Richard Bruton says a €500m EirGrid pylon project is essential for rural job creation. The GridLink project has been met by large [...]
€100m gamble on property market revival
Irish house builder New Generation Homes has spent "over €100m" buying up a vast land bank around Dublin to build new houses in one of [...]
IDA chief ready to move on
The chief executive of IDA Ireland, Barry O'Leary, is to step down from his role once a successor is in place. Mr O'Leary has said [...]
Poll finds Ireland to lead eurozone growth
Ireland’s economy is likely to outperform the wider eurozone over the next five years, a new survey of financial analysts has revealed. The latest member [...]
Green light for enlarged Jewish museum in Dublin
Plans for an enlarged Jewish museum in Dublin's Portobello have been given the go-ahead by An Bord Pleanála. The scheme had the personal backing of [...]
SMEs could create 20,000 jobs next year given the right environment
The Small Firms Association has said that with the right environment, small businesses in Ireland could generate 20,000 jobs next year. In its end of [...]
Ghost estates now earmarked for demolition
Housing Minister Jan O'Sullivan has confirmed that some local authorities will be expected to cough up some of the cash needed to bulldoze unfinished developments. Around 40 [...]
€15m to be spent on Prefab Replacement Scheme in 2014
Over 2,600 students in primary and second level schools around the country will move into permanent accommodation from prefabs in 2014 under the Prefab Replacement [...]
McGahon Architects – By Design
Based in Dundalk, Co Louth, McGahon Architects is an award-winning, design-led practice with projects in Meath, Louth, Monaghan and the surrounding counties. Led by Frank [...]
Event Communciations – The Master Plan
Irish Building Magazine meets the dynamic team behind Event, Europe’s leading exhibition design consultancy group. By Ciara McDonnell. In conversation with Steve Simons and Celestine [...]
IT Sligo ‘Best in Class’ for Online Learning
IT Sligo has scooped top prize for innovation in engineering education at the prestigious Engineers Ireland Excellence Awards. It took the Engineering Education ‘Best in [...]
Out with the old, in with the new – all change for Construction
There has been quite a lot going on this last year in the construction sector, with small but real indications that activity levels are slowly beginning to [...]














