Building Costs continue to rise slowly in first half of 2012
3% increase in Construction Tender Prices over the last 12 months Tuesday 21st August 2012. New figures from the Society of Chartered Surveyors Ireland (SCSI) [...]
We’re loving it – McDonald’s opens new 24 hour drive-thru.
McDonald's has officially opened a new 24 hour drive-thru restaurant today, creating 70 jobs in Charlestown, north Dublin. McDonald's Charlestown has a capacity for 95 [...]
Northern Ireland’s leading companies bucking the economic trends.
Northern Ireland's leading companies have bucked the economic trends to record an overall increase in sales in the last year, Ulster Business magazine figures have [...]
Main Contractor required for £26m Belfast stadium
The contract race has started to build a new £26m football stadium for the Northern Ireland team at Windsor Park in Belfast. The Irish Football [...]
Mayo CoCo will levy power & waste projects
MAYO COUNTY Council will impose “community benefit” levies on wind farms, power stations, quarries, gas pipelines, telecom masts and waste disposal facilities – but the [...]
Dun Laoghaire Rathdown Swimming Pool moves ahead
The Minister of State at the Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport Michael Ring T.D, today announced that he has approved the Tender Report submitted [...]
Kingspan 6 month pre-tax profits increase despite slowing Europe economy
Building materials group Kingspan has reported pre-tax profits of €44.5m for the six months to the end of June. That's an increase of 22% from [...]
Intel’s Leixlip – Permission granted for development on site
Permission for a 162,000 square metre development at Intel's Leixlip site in Co. Kildare has been granted. This development will be to build a brand-new [...]
Quinn Group Ltd Liquidator appointed
The former holding company behind the Quinn Group of businesses that were previously owned by the five adult children of bankrupt businessman Sean Quinn has [...]
Ardagh group could build glass plant in Ireland
The Packaging Giant is moving ahead with plans to return to manufacturing in the Republic. The Group ended manufacturing in Ireland in 2002 when it [...]
Jobs boost for Limerick as council backs €5.3m proposed city cinema
Limerick City VEC is hoping to transform two units in the historic Upper Cecil Street venue into a four-screen digital cinema and multi-purpose cultural centre. [...]
New Business Development Manager at Geoscience Ireland
Irish Consortium to target international water, minerals and energy projects Minister for Natural Resources, Fergus O’Dowd, has today welcomed the appointment of Sean Finlay as [...]
The Science of Building – Tallaght IT – Applied Science for Health (CASH) Building
The new Centre for Applied Science for Health Building at the Institute of Technology Tallaght is yet another indication of the growing importance of the [...]
IKEA plans budget hotel chain across Europe
IKEA, known as the world's largest furniture retailer, has plans to build a budget hotel chain across Europe, following a trend for cheap-but-cool accommodation driven [...]
IWEA Autumn Conference will take place in the INEC in Killarney, Thursday 4th October
IWEA is delighted to announce that the Autumn Conference will take place in the INEC in Killarney on Thursday 4th October. The main sponsor for the [...]
A place of magic at Ard na Sidhe
One of Ireland’s finest Arts & Crafts buildings, Ard na Sidhe, in the Kingdom of Kerry has been restored to create a hotel full of [...]
14-Turbine Wind Farm Has Planning Permission Removed
An Bord Pleanála rejected a previously approved proposal to build a 14-turbine wind farm near Moycullen in Co Galway. The board has overruled its own [...]
BANK of Ireland reached a deal with Brian and Mary Patricia O’Donnell
Plan to sell the bust property speculators' €160m trophy property in London. The arrangement, which collapsed last week when Morgan Stanley sent in receivers, stands in sharp [...]
€100m collected from Household Charge – Local Government Management Agency’s Paul McSweeney
The Local Government Management Agency the State body responsible for collecting the charge said those who have not paid are currently receiving a second warning letter. [...]
Soden: Nama intervention would bring ‘wonderful factor of greed’ back to property market
Nama should have the responsibility of establishing a base price for property in Ireland, the former CEO of Bank of Ireland said today. The bad [...]
Woodies will invest to save Atlantic Stores
Woodies DIY is ready to invest to securre the survival of the Atlantic Homecare DIY store chain, the High Court heard yesterday. Both chains are [...]
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