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Outdoor workers urged to be SunSmart as they have a higher risk of developing skin cancer

3 May , 2022  

The HSE’S National Cancer Control Programme (NCCP), Healthy Ireland, and the Construction Industry Federation (CIF) have teamed up to support builders and outdoor workers to be aware of an invisible hazard: the sun’s ultraviolet radiation (UV). This includes workers in construction and farming industries, as well as construction, postal, landscaping and the public service. Skin […]

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Swords Road site in Santry set to become €35m Urban Logistics Development

3 May , 2022  

Developer Chancerygate and specialist investor Bridges Fund Management have acquired a 2.1-hectare (five-acre) site on Swords Road in Santry, Dublin, for €4.5m from construction company Careys. It represents the first ever joint investment in Ireland for Chancerygate and Bridges, who have been partnering on development projects in the UK for over 10 years. Subject to planning, the JV partners […]

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Solid growth in mortgage activity in Q1 2022 driven by lending to first-time buyers and switchers

29 Apr , 2022  

Banking & Payments Federation Ireland (BPFI) has published the latest figures from the BPFI Mortgage Drawdowns Report for Q1 2022 and the BPFI Mortgage Approvals Report for March 2022.  The reports show continued growth in mortgage activity driven mainly by first-time buyers (FTBs) and re-mortgage/switching. For FTBs, approval growth was modest at 1.1% year on year in March but much stronger […]

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Respond and Tuath Housing announced as winner at the National Property Awards 2022

29 Apr , 2022  

Approved Housing Bodies Respond and Tuath have said they are delighted to be announced as the winners of Social Housing Development of the Year Property at the National Property Awards 2022. The award is for ‘Woodside’, a development on the Enniskerry Road (Dublin) of purpose built cost rental and social housing homes, delivered in partnership […]

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Property Industry Ireland announce Ivan Gaine as new chair

28 Apr , 2022  

Property Industry Ireland (PII), the Ibec group for businesses working in the property sector, has announced the election of Ivan Gaine, Managing Director Sherry FitzGerald New Homes, as its new Chair. Speaking following the announcement, Mr. Gaine said: “I am honoured to take on this role. The property and construction sector are still dealing with […]

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Ronan Group Lodges Plans For 141 Homes at Stylebawn

28 Apr , 2022  

Ronan Group Real Estate (Ronan Group) has lodged planning to develop 141 luxury houses and apartments at Stylebawn, in Delgany Village, Co. Wicklow. Once construction is complete, the development will consist of a mix of dwellings including 60 four-bed houses, 14 three-bed houses, and one two-bed house. Furthermore, there will be two apartment blocks constructed […]

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Civil engineering contractors believe public works tendering structured to incentivise below cost bidding – CIF

27 Apr , 2022  

86% of civil engineer contractors believe the tendering process for public works contracts is structured to incentivise below cost bidding.  That’s according to a new report produced by Idiro Analytics on behalf of the Civil Engineering Contractors Association (CECA), the civil engineering body within the Construction Industry Federation (CIF).  The report is entitled Public Tendering Practices […]

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Respond and Tuath together deliver the first purpose built cost rental homes in Ireland 

14 Apr , 2022  

The Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage Darragh O’Brien T.D. opened Ireland’s first purpose build cost rental homes. The scheme of 155 homes (50 cost rental and 105 social housing) is delivered by Respond and Tuath Approved Housing Bodies in partnership with Dun Laoghaire Rathdown Council, the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, the […]

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Clúid Housing calls for inclusion of social housing in any defects remediation scheme

7 Apr , 2022  

Clúid Housing, one of Ireland’s largest Approved Housing Bodies (AHBs), is calling on the Government-appointed Working Group on Defective Homes to ensure that the owners of social housing are included in any scheme for the remediation of construction defects. The Working Group is currently developing its draft report and it’s expected that it will be published […]

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Chadwicks launches first ever TV ad

6 Apr , 2022  

Chadwicks Group has unveiled its first ever television ad. Playing on the Chadwicks brand tagline of ‘Let’s Get It Done’, the ad showcases Chadwicks as a reliable partner to tradespeople across the country with everything you need to get the job done under one roof. Taking inspiration from Beethoven’s 5th Symphony and the repetition of ‘done-done-done-done’, […]