€100 million spent on energy retrofitting in the Irish construction industry
Issuing its Statement of Achievements for 2012, the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI) reports a significant year of progress on the sustainable energy agenda [...]
Hogan Challenges Councillors to Work with Him on Local Government Reform Programme
Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government, Mr Phil Hogan TD today (8th Mar 2013) issued a challenge to councillors to work with him [...]
O’Sullivan Publishes Independent Report Of Planning Review
Jan O’Sullivan, TD, Minister for Housing and Planning, today published the independent report, conducted by Henk van der Kamp, into the Planning Review. Mr. van der [...]
Rabbite calls for Windfarm Support
Pat Rabbitte, Minister for Communications, Energy & Natural Resources is asking those on the front line of the proposed midlands windfarms to view them as an opportunity. [...]
ECB should cut rates – Lagarde
The euro zone may need higher inflation in countries like Germany and lower interest rates across the bloc to ensure a sustained economic recovery brings palpable benefits, [...]
We don’t have the money to repair Ireland’s roads to the “standard that we’d like” – Varadkar
Transport Minister, Leo Varadkar has said that €40 million will be reallocated within local authorities in order to help fix Ireland’s roads. The Minister who [...]
€3.3 million of M50 Tolls written off in 2012
Unpaid M50 TOLLS totalling €3.3 million were written off in 2012, documents released to the Public Accounts Committee have revealed, reports the Journal. The figures revealed that [...]
Lagarde says ‘good news on the horizon’
Christine Lagarde, IMF chief who is in Dublin today said that she believes that there is "good news" on the horizon for Ireland. Speaking at a [...]
SEAI Energy Show 2013 Launched
The Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland’s (SEAI) Energy Show 2013 will take place at the RDS in Dublin on Wednesday 10th and Thursday 11th April. [...]
IT Carlow team wins HSA National Safety Competition
A team of students from IT Carlow have won the Health and Safety Authority’s ‘Safety in Construction’ third level competition aimed at undergraduates. At the [...]
Grafton profit up and revenue increases in 2012
The Group today reported pre-tax profits of €33.5m for the year to end of December, up from €10.3m the previous year. Revenues for the year [...]
Minister Rabbitte congratulates TechWorks Marine on ESA Renewable Energy Contract
The Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources, Mr Pat Rabbitte TD, congratulated Irish SME, TechWorks Marine, this afternoon (Thursday 7th March 2013) in Dun [...]
ECB Holds Rates
The European Central Bank kept interest rates steady today and is likely to eschew dramatic action to help Italy or other euro zone countries, despite [...]
Revenue unveil property tax detail
The Revenue Commissioners today unveiled new details on how the Property Tax will be administered and collected from around 1.6 million Irish homes. Speaking at [...]
New pier in the North Clare coastal village of Doolin
Clare County Council welcomed the announcement by An Bord Pleanala yesterday of its decision to give the go ahead for the construction of a new [...]
Former GAA Site on Sale for €2.85m
Property consultants Savills Ireland have officially announced the sale of the Former Nemo Rangers Site on the Douglas Road. This site along with an [...]
Calor launches range of LPG appliances for the NI market
Calor, Ireland’s leading supplier of LPG and rural energy solutions has today launched a range of domestic LPG appliances for the local market, delivering for [...]
Ireland tops economic growth charts forecast
Barcelona-based economic intelligence group FocusEconomics has positioned Ireland at the top of its forecasts league for euro area GDP growth, raising its prediction for Irish growth to [...]
Business Park to be developed at Dublin Airport
Dublin Airport Authority (DAA) has unveiled plans for a major new business complex beside the airport, reports The Irish Times this morning. A key 20-acre [...]
£50m London hotel conversion for Cork-based Donban
Cork-based contractor Donban has won one of the most prestigious building conversion jobs in the City of London. The firm has won the main contract [...]
PM Group appoints a new Director
Helen Keelan has been appointed as a Non-Executive Director of Project Management Holdings (PM Group), the Irish headquartered international engineering and project management firm. She [...]














