Posted May 16, 2019
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Posted May 9, 2019
€26 billion invested in construction industry last year
A new report from the Construction Industry Federation shows that over 10,000 extra workers joined the construction workforce last year, an increase of 8% on 2017. The numbers employed in the construction industry now stand at over 145,000. The report…
Posted May 8, 2019
Parnell Square plan with new library and plaza is approved
An Bord Pleanála has approved plans for the redevelopment of Parnell Square as a “cultural quarter” for Dublin, with a new city library, public plaza, and the restoration of some of the city’s finest Georgian houses. The development is expected to cost…
Posted May 3, 2019
Contract awarded for work on M20 Cork to Limerick motorway
Plans for a motorway linking Cork and Limerick took a step closer today with the signing of a contract for the route’s design stage. The project – the first under the government’s €116bn Ireland 2040 infrastructural plan – has yet…
Posted April 24, 2019
Connacht GAA to construct world’s biggest sports air dome by end of year
Connacht GAA hope to have what they claim is the biggest sports air dome of its kind in the world open by early December. The air dome, which will be 150 metres in length by 100 metres in width, will…
Posted April 16, 2019
Intel clears way for $4bn Irish plant to get planning nod
The way is now clear for Intel to get approval for its planned $4bn (€3.53bn) facility at its Leixlip plant after it replied to all the queries that Kildare County Council had placed regarding its ambitious plan last month. In…
Posted April 15, 2019
Big plans for D1, Dublin’s historic district
Two years ago a batch of top US architects and designers huddled around a boardroom table in a small office on the north side of Dublin city. The walls of the room were plastered with maps, designs, sketches and heat…
Posted April 12, 2019
DCU planning 1,240-bed student housing scheme
Dublin City University is planning a significant new student accommodation building, with 1,240 bedspaces. It comes amid a surge in the number of such facilities being built around the capital. The university is planning to build its new student accommodation…
Posted April 8, 2019
Construction sector growing in Ireland amid boost for house-building
Ireland’s construction sector continues to grow, though the rate of expansion eased last month, figures have indicated. The Ulster Bank Construction Purchasing Managers’ Index, a benchmarked measure for assessing economic activity, also recorded a surging rate of job creation in…
Posted April 5, 2019