Benefits of data centres being ignored, new representative group for the facilities says
Tom Parlon, former director general of Construction Industry Federation, to become first chairman of the group
Construction Industry Federation
If 36,000 new houses were built last year, why were only 58 sold to buyers in Dublin?
In reality, we don’t actually know for certain how many houses we’re building
Construction industry body welcomes adjudication ruling on contracts
Experts had warned on the cash flow impact of a recent High Court decision
Ireland is brilliant at identifying problems and terrible at solving them
This week’s infrastructure plan sounds transformative until you realise we don’t have the workforce. It is like buying a faster car when the problem is you never learned to drive
Infrastructure plan is make or break test for State, experts say
Business welcomes reforms but warn that time for talking is now over with a need to see consistent commitment to implementation
Homebuilders ‘extremely concerned’ about supply of housing going forward
There are ‘significant delays’ in many of the housing supply determinants, especially in supply of zoned, Oireachtas committee hears
The Debate: Will the new measures to boost apartment building deliver more homes?
Or will they simply turbo-charge profits for developers? A construction industry representative debates with an economist
The budget bet big on apartments. Will it help fix the housing crisis?
Four experts – a builder, an architect, an economist and a policy expert – weigh in on measures contained in Budget 2026
Industry wants clarity on water, energy projects
Clear plans must back up billion euro spending pledges, say lobby groups
Political paralysis gumming up social housing pipeline
Relationships between AHBs and developers ‘shot to ribbons’ by State funding decisions, conference hears
Construction industry insists it can hit housing targets
Top construction industry figures dismiss suggestion sector doesn’t have enough capacity
Residential construction falls 5.4% in year to second quarter, says Central Statistics Office
Latest data follow 10.6% annual decline previously reported by statistics agency for first quarter
Government must keep electricity and water spend promise, warn builders
Building 60,000 homes a year will need ‘more than words’, the Construction Industry Federation says
Level of homebuilding falls for second successive month in June, new data shows
Dip in residential construction sector comes after May marked first decline in activity in nine months
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