NDFA & HSE partner with Enterprise Ireland for construction sector...
The National Development Finance Agency (NDFA) and HSE in partnership with Enterprise Ireland are running an information and networking event connecting local suppliers to opportunities in the...
View ArticleMinister O’Sullivan officially opens new school projects in Waterford
Minister for Education and Skills, Jan O’Sullivan, TD, today officially opened two new school projects in Dungarvan and Waterford City. This morning she opened the newly refurbished Scoil Mhuire,...
View ArticleAmazon announces 300 New Jobs for Dublin
Amazon celebrates 10 years in Ireland with plans to add to the 1,400 staff already employed in the country The highly-skilled roles datacenter technicians, software engineers and customer support staff...
View ArticleC&D Foods open state of the art facility at Edgeworthstown
C&D Foods will today announce the opening of a new state of the art pet food pouch manufacturing facility in Edgeworthstown. The new facility, an extension to the plant that was built in 2007...
View ArticleMajor boost for Irish construction industry as Saint-Gobain announce new...
Saint-Gobain, the building materials multi-national, today announced a new construction skills academy for Dublin that will train 25,000 new construction workers over the next five years. Speaking at...
View ArticleDIT Grangegorman being delivered with sustainable transport focus to the fore
Paschal Donohoe TD, Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport recently visited the DIT Campus at Grangegorman, Dublin’s newest third level campus, to congratulate the Dublin Institute of Technology...
View Article€10m commitment for UL library project welcomed
Fine Gael TD for Limerick and Party Chairman, Dan Neville TD, has welcomed the commitment made by Minister for Education and Skills, Jan O’Sullivan TD, in a letter to Deputy Neville that €10 million...
View ArticleCollen Construction commence work of the €50m expansion of Kildare Village...
Five hundred new jobs are to be created with the expansion of Kildare Village Shopping Centre. Collen Construction and will see the creation of 120 new construction jobs, while the extended Village...
View ArticleRoadbridge – Q-Mark National Awards Winner 2014
Roadbridge have become the first construction company to achieve the status of Overall winner at the National Q-Mark Awards 2014. These awards took place at a glamourous ceremony held in the Double...
View ArticleAvaya Investment leads to 75 new jobs
Avaya, a global leader in business communications and engagement technologies, hasannounced the creation of 75 new highly skilled roles at Avaya’s Customer Engagement Centre in Galway, Ireland. The...
View ArticleDecade high for construction new business rise
The latest Ulster Bank construction PMI (purchasing managers’ index) survey shows the fastest rise in new business for decade – however do not confuse a rise with level of activity. Companies remained...
View ArticleThe Gherkin sold to Brazilian billionaire
London’s Gherkin has been sold to a Brazilian billionaire for a reported £700m plus. The Norman Foster-designed building was completed in 2004 for Swiss Re. The insurer sold the building in 2006 at the...
View ArticleTopaz creating 110 jobs as it invests €10m
Forecourt and petrol retailer Topaz is investing €10m in two new service stations that will open in north Dublin and Co Laois in January and create 110 new jobs. The convenience and fuel retailer said...
View ArticleThe Rosie Hackett Bridge voted Best Engineering Project of the Year by Irish...
The Rosie Hackett Bridge, which links the north and south banks of the River Liffey, has been voted Engineering Project of the Year by the Irish public. The winner was announced at the fifth annual...
View ArticleKingspan agrees to purchase Building Products (“BP”) division of Vicwest in...
Kingspan Group, a specialist in high performance insulation and building envelopes, is pleased to announce that it has entered into an agreement to acquire the Building Products (“BP”) division of...
View ArticleLinham Construction to complete new Central Bank HQ building
Linham Construction has been selected as the contractor to transform the failed Anglo Irish Docklands building in to an ultra-modern new home for the Central Bank. Located in North Wall Quay in...
View ArticleGreen Property sells London block for €261m
Irish property development company Green Property has sold a high-spec office block in central London for nearly €261m. The Dublin-based company — via its Kish Holdings subsidiary — yesterday announced...
View ArticleGaelectric opens Dunbeg Wind Farm
Gaelectric, the renewable energy and energy storage group, has officially started turning the turbines on it’s multi million euro Dunbeg Wind Farm. Dunbeg is Gaelectric’s second operating wind farm in...
View Article1,000 construction jobs expected to be created by Bristol-Myers Squibb in...
The Minister for Business & Employment, Ged Nash TD, has warmly welcomed the announcement by biopharmaceutical company Bristol-Myers Squibb that it is to build a brand new biologics manufacturing...
View ArticleWIT’s SEAM Launch €1.1 million Metal 3D Printing Programme
A ground breaking Metal 3D Printing-Additive Manufacturing programme that will revolutionise manufacturing industries in Ireland was launched at Waterford Institute of Technology WIT. The South East...
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