Finning UK & Ireland customer Tommy Murphy narrowly missed out on becoming a world champion after finishing a close second in the 2020 Cat Global Operator Challenge. More than 10,000 machine operators from 30 countries took part in this year’s event, which culminated in a nail-biting finale in Las Vegas on March 10, 2020. Murphy,…

Staff at AG (formerly Acheson + Glover) gathered recently at each of the company’s locations to celebrate 60 years in business. The first of a series of celebratory events was held in Fivemiletown – where three generations of the Acheson family joined staff to mark the firm’s historic milestone. The hard landscaping and building products…

Kilsaran and N&C Enterprises Ltd are delighted to announce that Kilsaran have acquired the N&C Enterprises Bag Products division by mutual agreement. Products included in the acquisition are Landscaping Stone, Dashing, Sand, Gravel, Aggregates, Dry Products, Durapatch and Playsand which will be incorporated into Kilsaran’s existing product portfolio and rebranded under the Kilsaran name. Padraic…

The Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI) and Geological Survey Ireland (GSI) has announced €1 million in Government funding towards innovative research projects targeting geothermal energy. The three projects were awarded funding under the 2019 SEAI National Energy Research, Development and Demonstration Funding Programme, with strategic co-funding support from GSI. Geothermal energy refers to the…

Actavo Building Solutions, Ireland’s leading supplier of modular buildings, has secured a contract to provide high-end modular buildings to Irish Rail at its site in Fairview, Dublin. The project commenced in January and is scheduled to finish in July 2020. Actavo Building Solutions will design, supply test and commission the two-storey unit that is 833…