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Pharmaceutical company Novo Nordisk has announced a €430m expansion of its manufacturing operation in Athlone which will see it produce the tablet form of its weight loss drug Wegovy. The entire project at the site, covering 45 acres, will create up to 600...

Cork city centre is set for another new hotel with planning approved for a €50m, five- to 10-storey, 180-bedroom hotel at the junction of Lower Oliver Plunkett St and Connell St, opposite the site once earmarked for the now-shelved Prism office block. Construction...

Progress on a new community centre in Galway has seen a major step forward this week. Construction on the Newcastle Community Centre in Galway city has been earmarked to start in May after formal approval was granted to progress to the Tender Stage. The development...

Commercial construction costs are rising at the lowest rate in five years, according to a new report from the Society of Chartered Surveyors Ireland (SCSI). The SCSI's Tender Price Index (TPI) shows the annual median rate of inflation for last year was 2.5%...

The first sod on Ireland's international cricket stadium will be turned at the National Sports Campus in March as Cricket Ireland prepare to co-host the ICC T20 World Cup in 2030 alongside England and Scotland. Planning permission has been granted for the 4,000-odd...

Details of Irish clothing retail giant Penneys revised expansion plans for its Cork city centre store are revealed in a new planning application which proposes a 6,000 sq ft extension. The development would bring several long-vacant units back into use, including the...

AN COIMISIÚN PLEANÁLA (ACP) has granted planning permission to Amazon Web Services (AWS) for plans to construct three new data centres in north Dublin. In the ruling, three years after plans were first lodged in December 2022, Universal Developers LLC has secured...

The vision for the Cork Events Centre has taken a step closer to reality after a preliminary business case (PBC) for delivery of the project was submitted to the Department of Housing, Heritage & Local Government - a key step to begin the tendering process. The...

Planning permission has been granted for some 934 homes on the site of the former Central Mental Hospital. The development will see the construction of 753 new affordable for sale and cost rental homes, as well as 181 social homes. The development will comprise a mix...

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