• SOUTHERN REGION BEING ISOLATED FROM ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

    The Dunkettle Interchange, the M20, M22, N28 upgrade and the Northern Ring Road are considered critical in supporting sustainable economic development to the south of the country. Most of these are now under threat or facing interminable delays. According to CIF Director, Conor O’Connell, this represents a failure on behalf of the Irish national and…

  • CONTINUED INCREASE IN DEMAND FOR ENGINEERING COURSES WELCOMED

    Engineers Ireland has welcomed the first round CAO offers and the continued increase in demand for engineering courses. The professional membership body for engineers in Ireland encouraged those who received a CAO offer of an engineering course to accept their offer and pursue a career in a rewarding sector that provides limitless opportunities. Welcoming the…

  • TEA ‘DISAPPOINTED’ AFTER DEEP RETROFIT SCHEME ANNOUNCEMENT

    The Tipperary Energy Agency (TEA) has stated it is very disappointed following the announcement on the status of the pilot deep retrofit program run by the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI). It said: “It is clear that only a very small percentage of demand in 2019 is now going to be completed. The industry…

  • TORC CONSORTIUM SELECTED AS PREFERRED BIDDER FOR SECOND STAGE OF €300M SOCIAL HOUSING PPP PROGRAMME

    The Torc Housing Partnership has been selected as preferred tenderer for the second phase of the government’s current PPP programme to deliver 465 new social housing units in Cork, Kildare, Clare, Galway, Waterford and Roscommon. This project is the second bundle of the Government’s PPP programme to invest €300million in social housing. The Torc Housing…

  • NEW £35M CRAIGAVON LEISURE COMPLEX ‘TOPS OUT’ AS OPEN DAY NEARS

    Progress to create one of Northern Ireland’s newest and largest public leisure complexes took a leap forward recently as the final bolts to the roof of the new £35 million centre in Craigavon were finally moved into place. The ‘topping out’ ceremony kicks off a fresh workstream of internal and external work that will rapidly…