LAND DEVELOPMENT AGENCY LAUNCHES DUNDRUM MASTERPLAN The Land Development Agency (LDA) recently published a Draft Masterplan for the development of 1,259 homes, extensive community infrastructure and substantial publicly accessible green spaces on the Central Mental Hospital site in Dundrum, Dublin. While the tenure mix is yet to be confirmed by Government the primary focus of…

CONSTRUCTION REOPENING Last week Townmore welcomed the reopening of all construction activities and it is heartening to see progress being made on project sites nationwide, including works on the Eblana residential development for Bartra in the heart of Dun Laoghaire. This drone footage captured by Evercam – Construction Cameras really highlights the superb location of…

UP TO 300 CONSTRUCTION JOBS TO BE CREATED A new 410 room luxury hotel is to be built at Dublin Airport next door to Terminal 2.UK hotel group Arora has lodged a planning application for the development. The new Dublin Airport hotel, which will have at least a four-star rating, is Arora’s first move into…

SCSI WELCOMES REOPENING OF PROPERTY SECTOR The Society of Chartered Surveyors Ireland has welcomed the reopening of the property sector at Level 3 and the full reopening of the construction sector. On the property side the move means that prospective buyers and renters will be able to physically view residential and commercial properties from that…

BUILDING STARTS ON THREE NEW SOLAR FARMS IN WEXFORD AND KILKENNY Construction is to begin on three new solar farms in counties Wexford and Kilkenny this month, according to EDF Renewables Ireland. The three projects will be among the first utility-scale solar farms to be built in Ireland and once complete, will have a combined…