Danish consulting engineer Cowi yesterday opened its first office in Ireland as it tries to tap into the country’s €116bn Project Ireland 2040 infrastructure and development plan. The company said…

The world’s first printed concrete social housing project has gone up in Ireland – a terrace of three, 3-bedroom houses in Grange Close, Dundalk, County Louth. The 330-sq-m development was…

Ireland’s National Transport Authority has published a feasibility study produced by Montreal-headquartered AtkinsRéalis that makes a case for a light rail transit (LRT) system in Galway. The study concluded that,…

Thousands of homes in Ireland are crumbling. In videos posted online, angry and despairing owners pull rotten concrete blocks from their walls and dash them to dust on the ground.…

In response to thousands of homes crumbling in Ireland because of defective concrete blocks, the European Commission has launched an infringement procedure against the Irish government for allowing the sale…

Turner Construction has announced that it will acquire the shares of Ireland’s Dornan Engineering for an unspecified amount. Turner hopes the deal will allow ity to attract blue-chip clients in…

Contractor Bam has started building a bridge over the Newry River in Ireland linking communities to the north and south of the Irish border. Costed at €102m, the 195m-long, cable-stayed…

The government of Ireland has issued guidelines aimed at reducing the amount of embodied carbon in public construction projects. The measures look to reduce the use of conventional concrete, increase…

Danish consulting engineer Cowi has won a contract to provide the front-end engineering design (FEED) and detailed foundation design for the proposed Codling Wind Park off the Wicklow coast in…

Irish builder Sisk has been named construction manager for a €330m drugs factory in County Kerry, Ireland, for Japan’s Astellas Pharma. Astellas announced plans to build a 7,300-sq-m, three-storey factory…

Jacobs has won another contract to provide planning and advisory services to Ireland’s National Transport Authority (NTA). The company will advise on urban and local transport development plans, and general…

Ireland’s Cork County Council has picked US engineer Jacobs to be its technical advisor for the new M28 motorway linking the N40 South Ring Road to the Port of Cork…

Irish airport operator daa has appointed Turner & Townsend as its integrated delivery partner on a five-year framework. It is joined in the framework by Aecom, Arup, and logistics specialist…

The Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB) has called on the Irish government to raise the Value Added Tax (VAT) on demolition projects from the discounted rate of 13.5% to the…

Key takeaways from the case: This case – DNCF Ltd v Genus Homes Ltd [2023] IEHC 490 – shows that the Irish High Courts will not resist the enforcement of…

Construction has begun on Project Nore, a €250m development to fund seven school buildings in counties Tipperary, Kilkenny, Westmeath and Kildare. A joint venture between ABM Design and Build and…

Clandillon Civil Consulting and precast specialist Killeshal have installed around 2km of Dura Products’ recycled kerb-and-drain system on the N63-Majors Well Road in Longford, Ireland. Made from 70% recycled plastic…

France’s Egis has won a four-year contract to modernise the rail system in the southern Irish city of Cork. Working alongside Iarnród Éireann (Irish Rail), Egis will adapt existing signalling,…