Up to 2,500 ‘affordable’ homes planned for north Co Dublin under €40m Nama deal
The State-owned Land Development Agency (LDA) has struck a deal to pay more than €40 million to “bad bank” Nama to advance plans for as many as 2,500 “affordable” homes in north Co Dublin. The development at Clongriffin will be the biggest single State housing project...
UCC secures €50m funding for new Cork business school
University College Cork has secured a €50m investment from the European Investment Bank (EIB) for its new business school to be located in Cork City. Construction is due to begin next year on the €115m Cork University Business School (CUBS) after planning permission...
Permission granted for 540 social and cost-rental apartments at St Teresa’s Gardens site
The construction of more than 540 social and cost-rental apartments at the site of the St Teresa’s Gardens flat complex in Dolphin’s Barn, Dublin 8, including a 15-storey block, has been granted permission by An Bord Pleanála. Read the full story here.
Dawn Meats gets go-ahead for 400-unit housing development
One of the country’s largest meat processing companies, Dawn Meats, has received planning permission to build a mixed-use development in Co Cork that includes over 400 housing units. The scheme comprises of 434 residential units, a childcare facility, a Research and...
Technological universities assess demand to develop student accommodation
Work is to get under way to develop student accommodation at five technological universities which are spread across 12 counties, Minister for Higher Education Simon Harris has announced. Speaking on RTÉ's Today with Colm Ó Mongain, the minister said the State is...
RDS seeking permission for new €50m Anglesea Stand in Ballsbridge
The Royal Dublin Society (RDS) will seek permission for a new €50 million Anglesea Stand at its arena in Ballsbridge, Dublin 4 and hopes to begin construction in August next year. A statutory planning notice shows the application would involve the demolition of the...
Construction sector appears strong in outlook
The construction sector is looking increasingly confident after input inflation fell to 33-month low with new orders, employment and buying all accelerating. Future expectations in the sector are approaching their highest level since early 2022, driven by strong...
Quarterly construction output up 7.5% in Quarter 1 – CSO
New figures from the Central Statistics Office show that the volume of construction production rose by 7.5% in the first quarter of 2023 compared with the fourth quarter of 2022 on a seasonally adjusted basis. All sectors recorded a quarterly increase in the...
Green light for hotel overlooking St Stephen’s Green
Dublin City Council has given the green light for a 120 bedroom seven-storey hotel overlooking the Iveagh Gardens at Dublin’s St Stephen’s Green. The council has granted planning permission after concluding that the proposed hotel "will allow for the construction of a...
Green light for 9 storey hotel over Arnotts in Dublin
Noel Smyth's Fitzwilliam Real Estate has secured the green light for a nine storey 245 bedroom 'lean luxury’ hotel over Arnotts in Dublin. The hotel scheme involves a two storey element with set-backs over Arnotts and a three storey element with setbacks over Arnotts...