On Wednesday the 17th of July, at the Headford arms Hotel, Kells,  Midland Renewables Ltd, hosted the first in a series of Breakfast information Mornings titled Achieving [...]

The OECD and IMF have been predicting for some time that global growth would strengthen in the second half of 2013 and through 2014, provided [...]

The regional government of Madrid has sold a portfolio of residential flats to Goldman Sachs private equity and Azora, the investment group, for €201 million. The sale [...]

Dublin City Council is to refund €7m collected from developers for infrastructure it did not build due to the economic slowdown and property crash.The money [...]

A decision by Dublin City Council to award a contract to complete a Dublin housing project is to be challenged in the High Court. Manley [...]

The Commission for Energy Regulation (CER), Ireland’s national energy regulator, has put in place new safety legislation for electrical contractors operating in the home. As [...]

Flat-pack giant IKEA is buying a wind farm to power its stores in Belfast and Dublin. The retailer said four large turbines in Carrickeeny, in [...]

British house prices are rising at their fastest pace in seven years, according to an industry survey on Tuesday that may raise concerns that government [...]

Irish company BNRG Renewables will begin construction on a €35 million solar park in September. It will be one of the biggest of its kind [...]

A new survey shows that the decline in the construction industry may finally be slowing. This is according to the Ulster Bank Purchasing Managers Index, [...]

Global consulting group Accenture has announced the creation of 140 new jobs in Ireland. Accenture is a global management consulting, technology services and outsourcing company. [...]

India's Shriram EPC has agreed to sell its stake in Sree Jayajothi Cements to My Home Industries, owned by building materials provider CRH. Shriram said [...]

The most recent edition of the National Housing Construction Index, compiled and issued by Link2Plans, illustrates the continued decline in housing construction activity across the [...]

New York-based Blackstone Grouphas hired banks to lead an initial public offering (IPO) of its Hilton Worldwide hotel chains in what will be an exit from [...]

U2 bandmates Bono and The Edge are fighting back against a Dublin City Council decision that blocked their plans for a flying saucer-style roof for the Clarence Hotel. The Clarence Partnership, which [...]

The IDA has irked some of the elected members of Dublin City Council over its lobbying to allow more skyscrapers in Dublin’s docklands. Some councillors, it appears, are [...]

The IAF has announced the National Architects in Schools Initiative. Devised and delivered by the Irish Architecture Foundation, this new initiative will provide students with [...]

Byrne Looby Partners establishes itself as one of Ireland’s leading water engineering specialists International consulting engineering practice, with todays formal announcement of its acquisition of PH McCarthy, [...]

The rollout of the water meter programme by Irish Water will provide a strong boost to the construction sector providing employment opportunities for construction workers [...]

Tegral has announced a further investment of €5.8m in its manufacturing plant in Athy. This is on top of the €1.5m announced locally in April, bringing [...]

The National Roads Authority has defended an estimated four-year wait for the opening of the new Gortto Tuam motorway. In a letter issued to Galway TD Michael Kitt [...]