News from the Irish building sector
The Taoiseach, Leo Varadkar, has welcomed the development of a new €190m Bon Secours hospital in Ballysimon, Limerick, to be opened in 2025, which will create 250 new jobs and greatly expand services offered to all patients in the mid-west.
Construction News, LatestLimerick Twenty Thirty (LTT) and the Ireland Strategic Investment Fund (ISIF), part of the National Treasury Management Agency (NTMA), have announced the creation of a unique joint venture partnership to finance the development of the One Opera Square project in Limerick city centre.
Construction News, LatestHardware Association Ireland has welcomed Minister Darragh O’Brien’s launch of the Vacant Homes Action Plan aimed at bringing empty and derelict properties back into use.
The Land Development Agency (LDA), in partnership with Dublin City Council (DCC), is seeking to develop 148 social and affordable homes in Coolock, Dublin.
Construction News, Housing, Latest, NewsMitchell McDermott Annual Construction Sector Report 2023 shows construction costs of apartments rose by 9.6% in 2022
Construction News, Housing, Latest, NewsHome Building Finance Ireland (HBFI), set up by the Government to fund the delivery of new homes, has grown total loan approvals to €1.248bn at the end of 2022, an increase of 49% on the €835m at the end of 2021.
Construction News, Housing, Latest, NewsIn its annual Irish construction industry review, infrastructure consulting firm AECOM states that Ireland will not experience any industry growth in 2023, but growth should remain on par with 2022 levels.
Construction News, Latest, NewsIn its trading update for 2022, Cairn Homes says it has delivered over 1,500 new homes during the year, with Ireland’s largest homebuilder recording a 46% rise in revenues.
Construction News, Latest, NewsHomebuilder Glenveagh has reported that its revenues rose by 36% to €649m in 2022 as a result of a 50% increase in sales of suburban homes.
Construction News, Latest, NewsThe Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science, Simon Harris, has launched the online Safe Pass renewal system.
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