A new soccer team DCT United, was launched today at Tallaght’s Shamrock Rovers stadium. DCT United was set up by a group of like-minded friends with the idea stemming from the COVID-19 lockdown, founding member Joe Lumumba explained. “Many of us were finding the lockdown tough, we didn’t see each other, and with many of […]
The latest Housing Market Monitor published today by Banking & Payments Federation Ireland (BPFI) shows that housing supply is feeling the impact of Covid-19 disruptions and won’t match demand until at least the end of 2023. With a decline in both completions and commencements of new builds this year due the current pandemic the supply […]
Tuath welcomed Minister for Housing, Darragh O’Brien to present keys to Cooleven’s first tenant, where 83 newly-built family homes will be let before Christmas, under South Dublin County Council’s choice-based lettings scheme. The 20 apartments and sixty-three houses were built by Grandbrind Ltd under contract to Tuath. Total loan finance of €24.1M was provided to […]
Lightning Protection International (LPI), Europe’s leading suppliers of lightning protection, electrical earthing systems and surge protection devices, have announced the appointment of Grace Nolan as Marketing Manager. Grace joined Lightning Protection International in 2017 and has since held a number of executive roles including accounts assistant and marketing executive prior to her appointment as Marketing […]
The ongoing drive by manufacturers to produce machines that deliver added value in terms of features designed to meet current and future regulations whilst satisfying market needs for greater productivity are factors evident in the new Komatsu PC88MR-11 midi excavator, first versions of which will arrive in Ireland from January onwards. Successor to its acclaimed […]
As part of European Vocational Skills Week, the Belfast Metropolitan College led digital construction project BIMcert will provide free upskilling in a webinar on Thursday. The fifth edition of the European Vocational Skills Week is a 100% online event organised by the European Commission in cooperation with the German Presidency of the Council of the […]
The Construction Industry Federation (CIF) Top 50 Contractors 2020 had a combined turnover of just over €10bn in 2019, according to a survey carried by Construction magazine on behalf of CIF. The CIF Top 50 Contractors survey gives a snapshot of the overall performance of the Irish construction sector, as it delivers many large-scale projects throughout Ireland […]
Local family-run property development company Dooneen Developments Ltd., owned by the McElhinney family, are set to unveil their latest luxury housing units in Cork later this week, with twenty-two new homes in Kinsale set to go on sale in late October this year. Springmount Crescent, Kinsale is the latest development to be unveiled by the […]
The founders of award-winning New York-based design practice SO-IL will speak at a free virtual event at 6pm this Thursday, 29th October as part of the Irish Architecture Foundation’s series of talks, New Now Next. Founders Florian Idenburg and Jing Liu will be joined by Nathalie Weadick, Director of the IAF, and moderator James Taylor-Foster, curator of architecture and design at ArkDes, Sweden’s National […]
The Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI) today announced the winners of the 2020 SEAI Energy Awards during an online awards ceremony which saw Kildare based company, Green Generation Ltd., take home the Innovative Deployment of Renewable Energy Award. Green Generation offer an excellent example of the circular economy working in practice. The company is […]
