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Fitting recognition for McAleer & Rushe team leader, Paddy Connolly 

25 Feb , 2025  

McAleer & Rushe Project Manager Paddy Connolly was honoured with the Irish Construction Industry’s prestigious Construction Project Manager of the Year Award 2024. Paddy successfully delivered the challenging Bruce Street, Belfast student accommodation project, which was also nominated for the Contractor Residential Project of the Year Award.  All the leading lights from Ireland’s construction industry […]

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JLC Cranes keep reaching new heights 

24 Feb , 2025  

JLC Cranes Ltd. is a visionary, industry-leading family business that has been on an upward trajectory since its inception in 2017. Building Ireland caught up with hands-on founder / managing director Joe Brouder, who boasts a lifetime of invaluable experience and an unparalleled depth of knowledge in the highly specialist and critical-to-construction realm of cranes.  […]

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Double delight for FKM’s James Glynn 

21 Feb , 2025  

FKM Fit Out Ltd was delighted to be a finalist in five categories at the 2024 Fit Out Awards, including two directly involving talented project manager James Glynn.  Not only was James shortlisted for Fit Out Project Manager of the Year, but the Eastpoint P2 project – which he oversaw – was also been nominated for Fit Out Project of the Year – Large Office Under €7.5m, […]

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LDA and DCC seek planning permission for 137 affordable homes in Cherry Orchard

20 Feb , 2025  

The Land Development Agency (LDA) and Dublin City Council (DCC) have announced that they are seeking planning permission for 137 affordable purchase homes in Cherry Orchard in west Dublin. The new homes are planned as part of Phase 2 of the Cherry Orchard Point residential development, which the LDA and DCC are seeking to deliver […]

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Tom O’Brien Construction wins Contractor Health Project of the Year!  

20 Feb , 2025  

In November, Tom O’Brien Construction won the ‘Contractor Health Project of the Year’ at the Irish Construction Industry Awards 2024 for its Emergency Re-Build and Restoration of the 4-storey 280-bed Wexford General Hospital following a devastating fire outbreak and subsequent full evacuation of the Hospital in March 2023. It was the firm’s second win at […]

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Dargle Grab Hire reaches landmark anniversary 

19 Feb , 2025  

As Dargle Grab Hire celebrates ten years delivering prompt, professional and value-added construction waste removal, site clearance and green waste services to builders and home owners across the greater South Dublin / North Wicklow area, we sat down with founder and hands-on proprietor David Hackman to find out more.  From humble beginnings and on the […]

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Property Industry Ireland urge Government to pause legislative progress around Zoned/Land Value Sharing 

18 Feb , 2025  

Property Industry Ireland (PII), the Ibec association representing the property sector, today hosted key stakeholders from across the housing sector for an event on the Housing Commission Report. The event featured insights from former Housing Commission members, including developer Michael O’Flynn, economist Dermot O’Leary of Goodbody, and the CEO of the Royal Institute of the […]

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Rose Construction is blooming 

18 Feb , 2025  

Rose Construction Ltd was delighted to be a finalist in two categories at the 2024 Fit Out Awards – Fit Out Contractor of the Year and Fit Out Project Manager of the Year.  Kevin Reddy, who fronts the leading Cork-based building and civil engineering firm along with his brother Simon, was shortlisted for Project of Manager of […]

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Rising Star Luke Martin does JP Corry Dromore proud 

17 Feb , 2025  

A valued member of the team at JP Corry in Dromore, Co. Down stole the show at the 2024 Octabuild Builders Merchant Excellence Awards when he won the coveted Rising Star Award, which acknowledges up-and-coming talent in the industry.  Luke Martin joined JP Corry in November 2023 as an apprentice through the Job Start Scheme. […]

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Construction of flagship hotel gets underway at Dublin’s Clerys Quarter

14 Feb , 2025  

Whitbread PLC, the owner of the Premier Inn chain, has started the construction of its most high-profile hotel development in Ireland at Dublin’s Clerys Quarter.  Leading construction and fit-out company, Gilbert-Ash has been appointed as the principal contractor for the development which is an important part of the regeneration of one of Dublin’s most iconic […]