Brite:Bill to create 100 new jobs in major recruitment drive
Brite:Bill, the Dublin based billing communications platform provider today announced the creation of 100 new jobs as part of a major recruitment drive. The new posts come on foot of recent major multi...
View ArticleProperty Values increased by an average of 14% nationally in 2014 – SCSI
Property values increased across all regions in 2014 as did activity levels according to the annual residential property report of the Society of Chartered Surveyors Ireland. According to the national...
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Contract signed for Human Biology Building with NUI Galway & BAM
Construction work has commenced on NUI Galway’s new Human Biology Building. The project cost will be in excess of €30m and is funded approximately one third by public exchequer funding including €7m as...
View ArticleThe Student Housing Company Acquires Dublin site for Student Accommodation
The Student Housing Company has acquired a 0.57 hectare (1.41 acres) site off Dorset Street, Dublin, with a view to building the city’s latest student housing development. The land, purchased through...
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Central Bank measures will slow down housing supply says CIF
The Central Bank’s new mortgage regulations will slow down the recovery in housing supply and have a strong impact on the building of new homes in urban areas, according to the Construction Industry...
View ArticleIreland ranked third easiest place for conducting business
Ireland was the third least complex country for multinationals to do business in in 2014, according to TMF Group’s Global Benchmark Complexity Index. Of 81 countries surveyed in terms of complexity,...
View ArticleGoogle to enlarge European hq following Docklands office purchase
Google to enlarge European hq following Docklands office purchase reports the Irish Times. Google has paid €13 million in an off-market deal for the early 19th century Dock Mill which sits on the...
View ArticlePPD Expands Clinical Supplies Facility in Athlone
Pharmaceutical Product Development, LLC (PPD) has completed an expansion of its clinical supplies facility in Athlone, Ireland, that will enable the company to double its packaging warehousing...
View ArticleProgress under Construction 2020 will drive job creation in the construction...
Alan Kelly T.D., Minister for the Environment, Community & Local Government and Minister of State Paudie Coffey today welcomed the announcement on the Action Plan for Jobs 2015. “The main priority...
View ArticleArdale lodges planning for Retail Site at Clarehall
Irish development and investment group Ardale Property have lodged a planning application to develop a prominent site adjacent to Clarehall Shopping Centre, for what will form phase 1 of an overall...
View ArticleCapReit finalises deal on Rockbrook portfolio for €87.3m
Irish Residential Properties REIT plc, an Irish multi-unit residential property investment company, has today announced that, further to its announcement of 21 November 2014, CAPREIT Limited...
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CITA forms Media Partnership with Irish Building Magazine
Irish Building magazine has been selected as the exclusive Construction Industry Media Partner of the Construction IT Alliance (CITA). CITA General Manager Suzanne Purcell says she believes the...
View Article€8bn sale of property loans by NAMA biggest to date
NAMA is in the process of getting its biggest sale to date on track by packaging together up to €8 billion in smaller debtor loans that will be brought to market over the next year or so. The Irish...
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Design Competition for new Primary School launched
The Department of Education and Skills today launched an architectural design competition for a new primary school in an urban setting. The winning entry will be awarded an actual commission for a...
View ArticleCRH agrees to buy Lafarge, Holcim assets for €6.5bn
Building materials group CRH has entered into a binding commitment to acquire certain assets from European rivals Lafarge and Holcim, who are offloading these businesses to win regulatory approval for...
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NTMA raises €4 billion from sale of new 30-year benchmark bond
The NTMA has today raised €4 billion through the syndicated sale of a new benchmark Treasury Bond maturing in February 2045. The funds were raised at a yield of 2.088 per cent. The total order book...
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€286m spend on the cards at Hibernia REIT for commercial property spend
Hibernia REIT, the Dublin-listed property investment group, has said the last 1/4 saw a big rise in its property buying activity before the end of the Capital Gains Tax relief and is poised for more...
View ArticleMinister Kelly –‘Local Authorities Need to Meet the Challenge in Delivering...
The Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government, today (4 February, 2015) announced that his department in conjunction with the Department for Public Expenditure & Reform have approved...
View ArticleIreland chosen as the inaugural focus country for London Festival of...
Ireland has been selected by London Festival of Architecture as inaugural Focus Country for 2015. The news was announced today at a reception hosted by the Irish Ambassador to Great Britain, H.E....
View ArticleUnemployment down again in January
The latest Live Register release from the CSO shows that the standardised unemployment rate fell again in January, declining 10bps m/m to 10.5%. This is the thirteenth successive monthly drop in the...
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