Category: INDUSTRY NEWS
Start-up hub looks to almost double capacity by adding two extra floors to building The Guinness Enterprise Centre (GEC), a not-for-profit working space located in the Liberties area of Dublin, is embarking on a major €10 million expansion that will almost double capacity. Planning permission for the redevelopment …
Peter McVerry Trust, the national housing and homeless charity, has welcomed the release of figures showing that housing completions increased by 20% in 2018. The charity said it hoped the increase in the supply of new homes would make it easier to reduce the numbers in homeless hostels, …
Council provides over three quarters of a billion euro for the future development of the County. Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council noted a Capital Expenditure Programme of circa €770m at this evening’s Council meeting. The Three Year Capital Programme 2019-2021 will deliver a considerable number of infrastructural and housing …
Multinational micro-chip producer Intel is prepared to spend up to $8 billion (€7 billion) on a manufacturing facility proposed for its base in Co Kildare, planning documents show. State officials are increasingly optimistic the company will select the Leixlip site, where it employs 4,500 staff, for the semiconductor …
At 54.6 in January, down from 56.3 in December, the Ulster Bank Construction Purchasing Managers’ Index® (PMI®) – a seasonally adjusted index designed to track changes in total construction activity – signalled a weaker expansion of Irish construction activity. Moreover, the rate of growth eased to a three-month …
