Need for N20 Cork-Limerick road upgrade identified in 1998
Planning hearing told in 2010 that a proposed new road would save lives
How to really cut your carbon footprint? Buy three garments a year. Don’t fly for 36 months
If you want to make a real difference, adopt a plant-based diet and don’t buy a new car
Is a seven-day week the future of work?
Engineering group Arup’s flexible working practice allows employees control their hours
Sixty Irish companies sign up to carbon reduction targets
Low-carbon pledge taken by groups including An Post and Irish Water
Irish company invites visitors to stand on shoulders of the Giant
Enterprise Ireland-backed tourism start-up aims to reach 21 sites in 21 cities this year
Offices must evolve to survive and thrive in the post-Covid era
Report from Iput and Arup finds just 11% of employees want full-time return to the office
Arup engineers surge in profits and revenues
Profits at National Children’s Hospital contractor up by 20%
‘Ireland is modern now; I’m not holding on to an illusion like many expats’
Wild Geese: Engineer runs his own international advisory business from Cape Town
‘Coming back was challenging’
Engineer Shane Collins gained valuable experience with Arup in Sydney and Singapore before settling back in Ireland
Call out for emigrants to come home
Employers are keen to bring skilled workers back to Ireland, where great opportunities await
Make the call: should you be an engineer?
More than just a degree: Opportunities abound in many branches of engineering and technology as creativity and critical skills are increasingly in demand
Cork flood prevention scheme to take five years to complete
Almost half of €140m scheme’s benefits are likely to be delivered in its initial stages
‘Australian sun and beaches, and I ended up working in sewage’
Wild Geese: From Limerick, Diarmuid Woods is a process engineer with Australia’s largest waste water plant
€6 million plan designed to regenerate Morrison’s Island in Cork
Plan will involve raising road levels and quay walls with open steel cabling barriers
Business Week: Leaders to gather in Davos; Netflix and Intel report results
I Wish events seek to encourage female students to enter STEM industries
En-Perium makes life a lot easier for building professionals
Software that analyses building energy is designed from the perspective of the architect or engineer
Business leaders welcome OPW report on Cork flood relief plan
Over 1,000 submissions received on scheme designed to protect more than 2,000 properties
Architect’s folly becomes food for Body & Soul
‘Contemporary architecture has become so commercial, there is very little spirit left’
OPW defends €450m estimate for Cork city tidal barrier
Campaign group’s costing far too low and plan not economically viable, says State body
Driving the move towards smart cities
Two million smart parking spaces will be in global use within five years, improving both commercial and private traffic flow
Citizens’ involvement crucial in building ‘smart cities’, expert says
Consultant says technology has developed ‘control rooms’ in line with ‘Minority Report’
Cork incinerator would have ‘high level of flood protection’
Floors of Indaver development would be 5m above sea level, reducing flood risk - expert
Top marks for new ‘meandering’ pedestrian bridge in Perth
Bridge is part of a revitalisation of Elizabeth Quay in west Australia city
‘There’s an image problem’: the drive to attract girls to Stem
In Ireland only a quarter of people working in science, technology, engineering and maths are women, and now female role models are being enlisted to buck stereotypes of Stem as a male area
Was I right to stay in Ireland instead of emigrating?
My career has progressed here, but friends abroad have had experiences I can only dream of
Proposed Cork incinerator site ‘can be protected from sea’
Indaver Ireland lodges new planning application for waste facility in Cork Harbour
Cork city council seeks views on banning cars on Patrick Street
Proposal to limit traffic on main thoroughfare to buses, taxis and bikes each afternoon
PM Group breaks into Bangladesh with web trade portal
Irish firm secures World Bank contract as country aspires to middle-income status
Irish designers showcased in new Dublin Airport exhibition
300 photographs by Peter Rowen show Ireland’s top design and craft talent at work
Hamilton lecture to focus on power of maths
Lecture by mathematician Cédric Villani to discuss behaviour of mechanical systems
Cork flood relief work could start in 2016
Plan, costing up to €60m, will involve sealing of city quay walls
Construction giant builds a sustainable future in Ireland
Arup has played a leading part in the State’s most iconic modern architecture, from the Central Bank to Terminal 2 at Dublin Airport
Experts rule out tidal barrier as fix for Cork city flood problems
Barrage would cost up to €400 million and could not be justified, say experts
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