Driving the Traditional Lime Company – which in 1997 became the first Irish company to sell natural hydraulic limes commercially – is founder Edward Byrne’s innate love of and respect for old buildings, a genuine passion which led to the Carlow company’s emergence as an industry-leading provider of pure natural hydraulic limes and mortars, natural […]
PJ Hegarty & Sons was shortlisted for four 2023 Irish Construction Industry Awards, including in the highly-competitive Contractor Commercial Project of the Year category for Spencer Place in the heart of Dublin Docklands. On the night PJ Hegarty & Sons picked up the award for Contractor Residential Project of the Year, while they were also […]
Consisting of Icon Construction and Icon Resin, Icon Group is a leading building and resin specialist based in Enniscorthy, Co. Wexford. Founder and managing director Paul Corrigan explains more. Icon Group started out in 2017 as Icon Construction, with expertise in renovations and extensions, before expanding to include Icon Resin two years later. Offering specialist resin products for commercial and residential clients, Icon Resin has grown rapidly and now accounts […]
Fast approaching four decades in business, Boyle Construction is a family-owned company which is renowned for its dynamic and innovative approach towards projects. Building Ireland caught up with Martin Callaghan (Contracts/Projects Manager) and Shaun Sweeney (Contracts/Projects Technical Manager) to learn all about the proud Co Donegal firm, its current projects and recent annual Irish Construction […]
The Land Development Agency (LDA) is to launch the application processes for over 600 new cost rental homes in the coming weeks. The 621 homes are all cost rental apartments and are being delivered through the LDA’s Project Tosaigh initiative. They are being made available across four locations in Dublin and Kildare providing eligible applicants […]
The Royal Institute of Architects of Ireland (RIAI) is proud to present the EUmies Award Exhibition in the Printworks, Dublin Castle from 16 January to 14 February 2024. This touring exhibition presents models, texts, videos, sketches and drawings of the 40 shortlisted works – among them the first-ever Irish winner and the 13 Irish nominees […]
As an island nation, we have been building houses by the water for thousands of years, between dramatic cliffs off our coasts, to tranquil lakes in the middle of the country and to the banks of the rivers all around us. ‘Tithe Cois Uisce’ is an 8-part series that follows on from the popular “Tithe […]
Shanowen Plant Hire Ltd. (Demolition) is firmly established as one of Dublin’s premier demolition contractors. As this industry-leading family business approaches its 40th anniversary, Building Ireland interrupted director Paddy Patton’s busy schedule to find out more about its exceptional services, fantastic fleet and vastly-experienced team. Experience is the bedrock of Shanowen Plant Hire Ltd. (Demolition), […]
The early part of 2023 saw Clancy delivering an award-nominated conservation project in the form of the Trinity College Rubrics Building. Lorcan Hickey was its Project Manager and filled Building Ireland in on its details, the current projects the company has on-going and what separates Clancy from the competition. The busy times carry on at […]
Since its inception in 2006, Maor Scaffolding has earned a stellar reputation as one of Ireland’s premier scaffolding contractors, consistently delivering professional, value-added, specialist expertise to a wide range of projects for a who’s who of clients. Managing director Joe O’Riordan provides Building Ireland with an insight into the continued success of this industry-leading operation. […]
