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Award-winning Cork property developers launch new luxury Kinsale homes

29 Oct , 2020  

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 […]

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Award-winning New York-based architects to speak at virtual event with Irish Architecture Foundation

29 Oct , 2020  

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 […]

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Safety comes first for the Elliott Group

29 Oct , 2020  

The 28th National Irish Safety Organisation / Northern Ireland Safety Group (NISO/NISG) Annual Safety Awards took place on 11 October 2019 at a special ceremony in Galway. It was a night to remember for The Elliott Group and its Health & Safety Manager Matthew O’Dowd. Highly valued and regarded among Health & Safety professionals through […]

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Kildare based company win award at 2020 SEAI Energy Awards

28 Oct , 2020  

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 […]

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John Reddy appointed as Ecocem Group Quality and Innovation Application Manager

28 Oct , 2020  

The Ecocem Group, Europe’s premier producer of high performance, low carbon cement, have  announced the appointment of John Reddy as Group Quality and Innovation Application Manager.  John has been instrumental in his time in Ecocem, assisting in the implementation of ISO 9001 and  implementing quality assurance laboratories acrossthe group. His contribution to the cement industry  […]

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Award-winning, industry-leading bespoke concrete cladding

28 Oct , 2020  

Winner of the prestigious Specialist Contractor of the Year accolade at the 2019 Irish Building & Design Awards, TECHRETE is the industry leader in the design, manufacture and installation of architectural precast cladding, serving the UK and Irish construction markets. Offering a complete precast solution for building facades, from bespoke design through to manufacture and […]

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Galway Picture Palace wins 38th Irish Concrete Society Award

27 Oct , 2020  

Excellence in concrete design and construction was celebrated at this year’s Irish Concrete Society’s Awards, which were announced virtually on the 23rd  of October 2020. This was the 38th Annual Awards which recognise excellence in both design and construction in concrete and are adjudicated by a distinguished, independent jury of industry professionals. The main awards […]

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One of Ireland’s leading safety Consultancy and Training Providers

27 Oct , 2020  

Pat O’Brien Safety Ltd. Is one of Ireland’s leading Safety Solutions provider to a variety of industries, listing some of Ireland’s main contractors amongst its ever-growing portfolio of  loyal clients. Building Ireland spoke to eponymous founder and Managing Director Pat O’Brien to find out more about his industry-leading safety solutions business. As one of Ireland’s […]

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Significant increase in mortgage approvals for September with decline in mortgage drawdowns in Q3

27 Oct , 2020  

Banking & Payments Federation Ireland (BPFI) has published the latest figures from the BPFI Mortgage Approvals Report for September 2020 and BPFI Mortgage Drawdowns Report for Q3 2020. The following are the key figures from the BPFI Mortgage Approvals Report for September 2020: A total of 4,621 mortgages were approved in September 2020 – some 2,636 were for FTBs (57%) of […]

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“Nothing ventured, nothing gained” – Assist Electrical Services Ltd has come a long way

23 Oct , 2020  

Established in 2007, Assist Electrical Services Ltd provide high quality electrical contracting services across multiple sectors including Pharmaceutical, Food & Beverage Manufacturing, Data Centres and Sports Facilities. Under the direction of Emmett Grogan and Barry Wall, the progressive Drogheda-based company has experienced steady growth since its inception and harbours ambitious plans for future expansion. “Barry […]