THE FIRST WOMAN SHEET METALWORKING APPRENTICE IN IRELAND Employed by McAree Engineering, Co. Monaghan, Joanne’s apprenticeship provides on the job training combined with and off-the-job learning in Waterford and Wexford Education and Training Board. Joanne is one of the over 1000 women now working and training in an …
CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY WANTS BUILDING SITES REOPENED Ireland’s construction industry has made an appeal for building sites to be allowed to fully reopen arguing that the continued lockdown in construction will not reduce the daily rate of Covid-19 or numbers in hospital/ICU. The Director-General of the Construction Industry Federation …
SOCIAL HOUSING RETROFITTING PROGRAMME ANNOUNCED Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage, Darragh O’Brien TD, Minister of State with responsibility for Local Government and Planning, Peter Burke TD and Minister of State for Heritage and Electoral Reform Malcolm Noonan have announced allocations and targets under the Energy Efficiency …
CLONAKILTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE BECOMES ‘SCHOOL OF THE FUTURE’ The students of Clonakilty Community College in West Cork are in for a big surprise when they return to school after months of lockdown. Governed by the Cork Education and Training Board (Cork ETB), the West Cork school has recently …
THE FUTURE OF HEALTHCARE Energy costs at St James’s Hospital are set to plummet, along with its carbon footprint, thanks to an Energy Performance Contract (EPC) with Veolia and CEFI. Denise Maguire speaks to Kyle Wylie, the hospital’s FM Engineering Manager and John Lambe, Business Development Manager Ireland …
“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 …
