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The Goat pub car park. Photograph: Nick Bradshaw

Charlie Chawke plans 290 apartments and hotel on Goat pub site

Gordon Deegan
May 28, 2020, 18:53

Publican chasing fast-track permission for major development including four-star hotel

An artist’s impression of what Cairn’s development at the RTÉ site in Donnybrook will look like.

Cairn Homes seeks permission for 611 apartments on RTÉ site

Barry O'Halloran
May 27, 2020, 21:06

Builder applying via Pleanála fast-track scheme for development at €103m landbank

Smaller electrical contractor employers could be criminalised or lose their businesses under a law creating a new arrangement for setting pay levels and benefits for electricians, the High Court has been told.

Electrical contractors fear closure under new pay law

Mary Carolan
May 26, 2020, 18:00

Challenge being brought against Labour Court recommendation

Kingspan has walked away from a deal to buy a UK manufacturer of construction products after being unable to renegotiate the terms amid the Covid-19 economic crisis. Photograph: Cyril Byrne

Kingspan abandons €42m deal for UK building products group

Joe Brennan
May 21, 2020, 18:35

Both sides fail to agree renegotiated terms as Covid-19 crisis hits business

Photograph: iStock

House prices to fall by 12 % over next 18 months, ESRI says

Eoin Burke-Kennedy
May 20, 2020, 10:04

Decline would have been worse without Covid welfare payments, institute says

Plans for the Irish Glass Bottle site provide for 3,500 homes, including a significant number of social and affordable dwellings. Photograph: Eric Luke

Nama yet to choose Irish Glass Bottle site partner, says developer

Barry O'Halloran
May 19, 2020, 05:01

Ballymore Properties chief says no decision made after final bids closed last month

Construction workers make their way to a site along the quays in Dublin. Photograph: Paul Faith/AFP via Getty

Just 15,000 new homes likely to be built this year, Ballymore warns

Barry O'Halloran
May 18, 2020, 18:34

Chief executive says new homes to be delayed by six months due to coronavirus

Glenveagh chief executive Stephen Garvey and Cathal Mooney, head of health and safety, at one of the company’s sites that reopened on Monday. Photograph: Fennells

Housebuilder Glenveagh reopens construction sites

May 18, 2020, 12:19

Listed builder says sites will be opened on a phased basis to help meet new restrictions

Cairn Homes said its current gross cash position was €156 million, after subcontractor and supplier payments of €23 million were processed in April 2020. Photograph: iStock

Cairn Homes spends €500,000 on PPE for workers ahead of return to work

Ciara O'Brien
May 14, 2020, 07:45

Sites will reopen on Monday but showhomes will remain closed in the short-term

Covid-19 guidelines at the entrance to a building site in Dublin city centre. . Photo credit should read: Brian Lawless/PA Wire

Construction industry expected to take at least 12 months to recover

Joe Brennan
May 11, 2020, 01:00

Ulster Bank survey saw 93 per cent of respondents report a decline in activity in April

Glenveagh Properties says continued growth in reservations and a robust balance sheet has put it in a good position for recovery as the company prepares for a return to construction activity. Photograph: iStock

Glenveagh eyes recovery as Covid-19 restrictions set to be eased

Ciara O'Brien
May 7, 2020, 07:44

Homebuilder says revenue and profit will be weighted towards second half of year

Johnny Ronan: apologises unreservedly for appearing to make light of coronavirus in a video. Photograph: Collins

Coronavirus video ‘joke’ prompts apology from Johnny Ronan

Barry O'Halloran
May 7, 2020, 03:15

Developer and former Olympian Philip Cassidy draw ire across social media

Kingspan chief executive Gene Murtagh: the company’s bank debt currently stands at €551m

Kingspan sales slump 35% in April as construction is hit globally

Joe Brennan
April 30, 2020, 08:16

Trading in the Americas ‘robust so far’ as construction has been deemed an essential service in most US markets

The National Children’s Hospital is expected to cost in the region of €1.7 billion. Photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill

Legal action over children’s hospital contract to be fast-tracked

April 29, 2020, 16:39

Row relates to validity of a particular instruction from development board

Prior to the crisis, some 3,300 hotel rooms were expected to complete construction by the end of 2020. Photograph: Alan Betson

Crisis brings hotel construction boom to abrupt halt – report

Eoin Burke-Kennedy
April 29, 2020, 12:36

Cushman & Wakefield highlights impact of Covid-19 on hospitality sector

Grafton Group chief executive Gavin Slark. Photograph: Nick Bradshaw

Trading at Grafton dips due to coronavirus restrictions

Ciara O'Brien
April 29, 2020, 07:54

AGM goes ahead after company sees off legal challenge by former chairman Michael Chadwick

Patients and HSE staff will transfer from the Central Mental Hospital to a new hospital in Portrane in north Co Dublin. Photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill

State plans 1,200 homes for Central Mental Hospital site in Dundrum

Barry O'Halloran
April 23, 2020, 11:44

Land Development Agency hopes work can begin in 2022

Shares in CRH rose 7.1 per cent to €26.10 in Dublin following the update. Photograph: Brenda Fitzsimons

CRH cuts management salaries by 25% and temporarily lays off 12,000

Joe Brennan
April 22, 2020, 07:31

Building materials giant sticks to €494m dividend plan even as outlook uncertain

Growth in home-building activity slowed in the first quarter of the year to the lowest rate since 2013. Photograph: Alan Betson / The Irish Times

Home completions likely to fall below 18,000 this year, Goodbody forecasts

Ciara O'Brien
April 21, 2020, 09:11

Constructions sites shut down towards the end of the first quarter

Former Irish Glass Bottle Company site: has lain idle since manufacturing stopped there 18 years ago. Photograph: Eric Luke

What now for Irish Glass Bottle Company site in Ringsend?

April 21, 2020, 05:15

Cantillon: Nama presses on with plan for prime landbank despite Covid-19 crisis

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