Construction Industry Federation

Inflation is upending the labour market, so where will it end?

Indigenous employers struggle to keep pace as FDI companies hike pay rates

Tom Parlon’s new CIF contract alongside his successor’s reveals lobby’s political priorities

Business Comment: He’ll be CIF’s Mick McCarthy, while Hubert Fitzpatrick is Stephen Kenny

Tom Parlon to leave Construction Industry Federation at end of 2023

Construction industry lobbyist gets contract extension, as his successor is also named

The crisis growing in Irish forests

Bottleneck is hitting house building, slowing supply of timber, forcing many to import it

Builders predict ‘significant’ material hikes and problems in 2022

Some 83% endured a rise in labour costs last year and most expect trend to continue

Legislation aimed at keeping ‘cowboy’ builders out of industry published

New Bill requires builders to sign up to statutory register but not for two more years

Time to move from promise to delivery on housing and infrastructure

Opinion: Government strategies changing little on the front line of delivery

Emergency measures needed to address housing crisis, developer says

Michael O’Flynn urges reform of zoning, planning administration and infrastructure

Property industry lobby groups have aggravated the housing problem

Many Government policies delivered on foot of lobbying by industry have proved ineffective

Relief and despair among business groups at budget measures

Budget 2022: Retail and restaurant industry groups among the harshest critics of package

Construction labour shortage: ‘If they come, we will build it’

Cost of living barrier to attracting enough builders to Ireland, says company owner

Fintan O’Toole: No faux ruins for us. We mass manufactured the real thing

Why is the taxpayer solely responsible for the failures of private builders and manufacturers?

Major builder revenues rose sharply in 2020 despite pandemic, CIF survey suggests

John Sisk leads Construction Industry Federation top 50 list, with revenues of €1.5bn

Housing crisis has demoralised a generation, says Taoiseach

Planning review will modernise ‘unduly complicated system’, Martin tells conference

Government must fix issues holding back construction, says industry chief

Tom Parlon calls for investment in capital infrastructure to support housing plans

CIF says plans to deep retrofit 500,000 homes by 2030 ‘unrealistic’

Parlon claims logistical issues could undermine target for 300,000 new homes by the end of 2030

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