TOWARDS HEALTHIER GREENER HOMES Healthy Homes Ireland has welcomed the launch of the National Home User Guide as one in four Irish homes are found to pose health risks Earlier this summer Healthy Homes Ireland, supported by the Irish Green Building Council (IGBC) and VELUX, hosted a breakfast event at Buswells Hotel, Dublin 2, to…

A REGRESSIVE MOVE  New apartment design standards introduced to ease blockages in apartment construction have been criticised by industry experts New guidelines around apartment construction and design have been issued by the Department of Housing, which will see changes to minimum sizes and allow for the reduced provision of private open spaces. The guidelines will…

A CHAMPION FOR CONSTRUCTION SAFETY Jen Deeney is on an epic mission to visit 50 lighthouses to raise funds for the Lighthouse Charity Over the course of the summer Jennifer (Jen) Deeney, a director of nursing based in Liverpool, embarked on a UK-wide mission to visit 50 lighthouses to raise awareness and funds for the…

THE GREEN SCENE A look at what’s happening on the sustainability side of Ireland’s construction industry Protecting biodiversity in the built environmentThe Irish Green Building Council (IGBC) celebrated Ireland’s National Biodiversity Week recently with the launch of the first set of Irish case studies to protect and enhance biodiversity within the built environment. “Integrating biodiversity…

FOCUS ON… KILDARE AND MEATH  The latest residential market report from Hooke & MacDonald shows interesting trends and demographics from major Leinster regions including Kildare and Meath Kildare Second only in population to Dublin in Leinster, Kildare County has 247,774 in 2022, up by 25,270 people or by 11.36% since 2016. This comprised a Natural…