GOVERNMENT PUBLISHES REMOTE WORKING STRATEGY New laws empowering staff to work from home are set to forever change the landscape for employees in Ireland. The country’s first National Remote Work Strategy will make remote working a permanent option for life after the Covid-19 pandemic. The rights of employees …
IRISH CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY EXPECTED TO GROW BY 15 % IN 2021 DESPITE COVID-19 AND BREXIT Cost of construction to increase by 2% in 2021 Hospitality and retail construction devasted in 2020 with the future of commercial office development unclear Report highlights need for a national Housing Taskforce to …
JACOBS SECURES PLACE ON IRISH WATER’S ENGINEERING DESIGN SERVICES FRAMEWORK Jacobs has been appointed to Irish Water’s Engineering Design Services Framework to provide technical support on its program of capital works to deliver improvements to water services throughout Ireland. The company will provide a range of services and …
TÁNAISTE LAUNCHES IDA IRELAND’S NEW FOUR-YEAR STRATEGY According to IDA Ireland’s annual results, regional investment continued to grow in 2020 despite the serious economic and social disruption experienced as a result of the Covid-19 global pandemic. 246 new investments were won in 2020 and 20,123 new jobs were …
“IT’S TIME TO BREAK WITH THE FAILED BOOM AND BUST CYCLE OF THE PAST” CHARTERED QUANTITY SURVEYOR MICHEÁL MAHON HAS BIG PLANS FOR HIS TERM AS SCSI PRESIDENT Only a few weeks into his new role as President of the Society of Chartered Surveyors (SCSI) Ireland, Wexford-born Micheál …
FOCUS ON… ECHOCHECK ACOUSTIC BLOCK INNOVATIVE ACOUSTIC MASONRY SOLUTIONS FROM COLINWELL HAS UPPED THE GREEN CREDENTIALS OF ST BRONAGH’S PRIMARY SCHOOL IN ROSTREVOR Since September 2017, the pupils and staff of St Bronagh’s primary school have enjoyed their learning and teaching in a new school building with …
ONE SIZE DOESN’T FIT ALL EOIN CASSIDY, PARTNER AT MASON HAYES & CURRAN, TAKES A LOOK AT THE REPERCUSSIONS THAT COVID-19 IS HAVING ON CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTS At the initial stage of the Covid-19 pandemic, employers and contractors alike were feverishly reviewing the force majeure provisions in their construction …
