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Grafton Group chief executive Gavin Slark said the group expected favourable trends in its Irish and Netherlands businesses to continue. Photograph: Nick Bradshaw

Grafton Group says UK business on track despite Brexit

Joe Brennan
May 9, 2017, 07:10

Shares in builders merchanting and DIY group have surged more than 35% in 2017

Construction site insulation. Photograph: iStock

Builders face insulation ‘headache’ amid key chemical shortage

Joe Brennan
May 9, 2017, 05:52

Scarcity sees Kingspan, Quinn Industrial Holdings and Xtratherm cut insulation supply

The appointment of James Butler of GBW accountants as the company’s liquidator was ratified at a creditors’ meeting on Friday. Photograph: iStockphoto

Precision Electric Ireland goes into liquidation with €4.3m debts

Peter Hamilton
May 8, 2017, 11:08

Engineering firm has €727,000 deficit, but also €4.4m in work-in-progress claims

Moody’s said CRH’s debt-reduction efforts have been “impressive”. Photograph: Brenda Fitzsimons

CRH seeks to refinance $650m of debt through bond sale

Joe Brennan
May 2, 2017, 15:45

Moody’s upgrades credit rating on Ireland’s largest publicly-quoted company

IDA chief executive Martin Shanahan: “The availability of high-quality property solutions is a key component in winning foreign direct investment projects. Photograph: Alan Betson

IDA planning €7m Dundalk office building

Peter Hamilton
April 28, 2017, 13:00

Louth site to cater to IDA client companies and construction has been put out to tender

CRH chief executive Albert Manifold addressing the company’s agm in Dublin. Photograph: Gary O’ Neill

CRH executives defend pay at shareholders’ meeting

Mark Paul
April 27, 2017, 20:14

Chairman says CRH is entering ‘new phase’ of growth and acquisitions

Kingspan chief executive Gene Murtagh: key UK market has become “a little softer than at the turn of the year”.

Kingspan shares fall as UK demand ‘softens’ and costs rise

Joe Brennan
April 27, 2017, 18:47

Cavan-based insulation products group says first-quarter sales have hit €831.2m

CRH chief executive Albert Manifold: “the performance of the Philippines does emphasise the volatility of emerging markets”. Photograph: Cyril Byrne

CRH defends Philippines plans amid sales slump

Joe Brennan
April 26, 2017, 07:16

Philippines business stands out as weak spot in otherwise strong CRH trading update

Shattered windows on a ghost estate in Gorey, Co Wexford. Photograph: Garry O’Neill

‘Ghost estate’ homes dwindle to fewer than 3,000

Eoin Burke-Kennedy
April 26, 2017, 05:00

About 30,000 ghost-estate homes have entered housing stock in past six years

A leading housing expert has criticised the Government’s ‘misleading’ figures for the number of new homes built last year. File photograph: Getty Images

Government’s housing figures are ‘misleading’, expert says

Ciarán D'Arcy
April 24, 2017, 16:42

Dr Lorcan Sirr criticises method of counting new-builds following ‘Irish Times’ report

Eric Olsen: terms of his departure were still being discussed on Sunday, according to people close to the company. Photograph: Arnd Wiegmann/Reuters

LafargeHolcim chief to step down over Syria controversy

April 23, 2017, 19:18

Cement maker said unacceptable measures taken to keep plant open as war intensified

$The number of new homes built in the State last year was just 2,076, a fraction of the Government’s 15,000 estimate, according to new figures. Photograph: Reuters/Neil Hall$ New data shows just 2,076 homes built last year

Eoin Burke-Kennedy
April 23, 2017, 13:51

Freedom of Information figures show new homes falling far short of Government’s 15,000 estimate

British shares suffered their worst day’s drop since the Brexit referendum as prime minister Theresa May called a snap general election. Photograph: Cyril Byrne

Theresa May’s call for snap UK election shakes markets

Peter Hamilton
April 20, 2017, 16:44

CRH and Smurfit Kappa down while European stocks fall due to geopolitical concerns

The NTMA’s headquarters in the Treasury Building, Dublin. Photograph: Cyril Byrne/The Irish Times

NTMA plans development of six sites for social housing

Peter Hamilton
April 20, 2017, 16:44

Tendering documents outline plans for developments with 50-150 units per site

Kingspan chief executive Gene Murtagh’s remuneration rose more than 9 per cent last year. Photograph: Cyril Byrne

Kingspan investors urged to reject share bonus plan

Joe Brennan
April 20, 2017, 16:43

Institutional Shareholder Services says it will be too easy for executives to get hold of stock

CRH chief executive Albert Manifold: company’s latest annual showed his remuneration package surged 85 per cent last year to €10 million. Photograph: Cyril Byrne

CRH to avert pay revolt as chief’s package doubles to €10m

Joe Brennan
April 20, 2017, 16:42

Influential investor advisory firms Glass Lewis and ISS back remuneration report

Paul Coulson: he floated his Ardagh glass and metal containers group in New York last month, raising $319 million. Photograph: Alan Betson

Millions reaped as Irish companies float and sell shares

April 20, 2017, 16:36

Moves from Tullow Oil, Ardagh, BoI and AIB reward managers, lawyers and advisers

Artists impression of the new facility at Baldonnell.

Green light for €40m logistics hub in Baldonnell

Peter Hamilton
April 20, 2017, 16:24

Mountpark facility could offer up to 1,000 jobs when complete

Sean Mulryan’s Forget The Past, running at Leopardstown Photograph: Eric Luke

Ballymore puts the building boom back into horse racing

Barry O'Halloran
April 13, 2017, 13:36

Sean Mulryan’s company to sponsor headline contest at Punchestown

New orders drove the sharpest increase in building for five months in March, the Ulster Bank Construction Purchasing Managers’ Index shows. Photograph: Alan Betson

Pace of jobs and activity growth in construction accelerates

Barry O'Halloran
April 10, 2017, 05:05

Employment in building industry up 40% in first quarter of year, according to IrishJobs.ie

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