The Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB) has called on the Irish government to raise the Value Added Tax (VAT) on demolition projects from the discounted rate of 13.5% to the…

Key takeaways from the case: This case – DNCF Ltd v Genus Homes Ltd [2023] IEHC 490 – shows that the Irish High Courts will not resist the enforcement of…

Construction has begun on Project Nore, a €250m development to fund seven school buildings in counties Tipperary, Kilkenny, Westmeath and Kildare. A joint venture between ABM Design and Build and…

Clandillon Civil Consulting and precast specialist Killeshal have installed around 2km of Dura Products’ recycled kerb-and-drain system on the N63-Majors Well Road in Longford, Ireland. Made from 70% recycled plastic…

France’s Egis has won a four-year contract to modernise the rail system in the southern Irish city of Cork. Working alongside Iarnród Éireann (Irish Rail), Egis will adapt existing signalling,…

UK-headquartered Turner & Townsend will lead a team of WSP, Mace and PwC in delivering Ireland’s first metro in Dublin.

UK consultant Turner & Townsend (T&T) has appointed Philip Matthews its managing director for Ireland, citing “strong growth” across the country. He will take up the role at the beginning…

France’s Egis Group has bought JB Barry & Partners, a Dublin-based civil engineer, for an undisclosed sum. JB Barry’s 180 employees work across four Irish offices in 25 sectors, including…

Dublin Port Company today opened final public consultation on its port expansion plan, which aims to prepare for the port’s “ultimate and final” capacity by 2040. Planned work on the…

Promising sunshine, surfing, high wages, and cheaper living, the government of Western Australia will visit the UK and Ireland this month to try and recruit civil engineers and skilled tradespeople…

With Ireland’s population ageing faster than anywhere else in Europe, construction company Sisk has won a contract to build seven care homes for the elderly with a combined 530 beds…

Irish airports operator daa has picked Atkins as multidisciplinary consultant on a five-year engineering services framework for Dublin and Cork airports.

Lagan Aviation & Infrastructure to undertake its Dublin Airport Airside and Landside civil engineering framework, worth over €325m.