A Cork-based wastewater treatment business, Ireland Waste Water (IWW), has announced plans to double its staff numbers with the recruitment of 10 new workers to its team. IWW are looking to fill the positions – most of which will be based at their HQ in Cork, in several areas – namely, technical sales, service, administration,…

The national commercial vacancy rate has risen to 13.3% in Q2 2019, an increase of 0.2 percentage points (pp) on Q2 2018, according to the latest GeoView Commercial Vacancy Rates Report published by GeoDirectory. The report, prepared by EY-DKM Economic Advisory Services, found that just over 28,000 commercial units were vacant across the country. The…

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…

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…

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…