Dublin City Council’s upgraded free cycle parking facility was opened today in Drury Street Car Park by Lord Mayor of Dublin, Mícheál Mac Donncha. The expanded unit now has a capacity to hold 332 bicycles. This is twice the capacity of the original facility opened in 2009, the Council have said. Facilities which have been upgraded […]
The Government has decided to push forward with plans of merging Galway City and County Councils into one no later than 2021. The decision followed a report presented to cabinet last week by Minister of State for Local Government and Electoral Reform, John Paul Phelan. The report endorses the recommendations of the Galway Expert Advisory Group […]
The 15 winning projects for South Dublin County Council’s 300k annual Have Your Say initiative have been announced. Now in its second year, Have Your Say €300k is a local democratic process, allowing citizens in a local community to decide how to spend a portion of a public budget in their area. For 2018, citizens from […]
Today it has been announced by Government that almost €11 million is to be allocated for flood relief schemes in County Donegal. Minister of State for the Office of Public Works (OPW) and Flood Relief, Kevin ‘Boxer’ Moran met with officials from Donegal County Council this morning to discuss advancement in flood relief measures. A scheme […]
Major school building projects have been interrupted with the news that Sammon Contracting Ireland was placed into liquidation yesterday. The Co Kildare based construction group employs more than 200 people directly and many more subcontractors indirectly. Following on from UK contractor Carillion’s collapse, a company who owed Sammon Contracting Ireland €8m,
The new County Donegal Development Plan 2018-2024 has now come into effect. Adopted by the elected members of Donegal County Council on May 9th of this year, it is the first consolidated Plan for the entire functional area of Donegal County Council which includes the former Town Council areas of Letterkenny, Buncrana and Bundoran. This new […]
With over 1,600 members and an ambitious 3-year development plan, Lean Construction Ireland (LCi) have recently made the decision to incorporate and have now appointed a Board of Directors. This initiative, to incorporate, will allow the Directors to concentrate on growing the association and the development of lean principles within the Irish construction sector through
International real estate firm Hines has been granted planning permission by Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council to build a 2.1 million square foot town centre at Cherrywood. The project, at a cost of €1 billion, will include 1,269 build-to-rent apartments and 585,000 sq ft of retail and office space. Leisure space is also in the planning. Hines have […]
A new courthouse was opened yesterday in Cork, described as what is now “probably the best court facilities in the country” by Chief Justice Frank Clarke. The refurbishment and extension, costing a total of €34.8m, is located at the site of the Old Model Primary School on Anglesea Street. Minister for Justice and Equality Charlie Flanagan […]
Seventeen Tall Ships will sail into Dublin Port this bank holiday weekend from Friday, June 1st to Monday, June 4th. The spectacle comes as part of the Tall Ships Regatta 2018 which feature the ships racing from Liverpool all the way to Dublin. They will then continue on to the historic Bay of Biscay, finishing […]
Less than half of 202 planned offices in Dublin over the next three years are expected to be delivered according to a new survey. The ‘Skyline Survey’ from Savills Ireland estimates there is developer ambition for 12 million sq. ft. of new office accommodation by the end of 2021, with over 2.5m sq. ft. of existing […]
A wealth of artefacts from the Viking era revealing details of Cork City’s origins are set to be displayed to the public from tomorrow (Friday, May 25th) right throughout the summer. The Below Our Feet exhibition at Cork Public Museum in Fitzgerald’s Park will display: Evidence of the earliest urban layout recorded of Cork dated […]
Dublins Bolands Quay in its entirety has been bought by tech giant Google, as confirmed by Mark Reynolds of Savills, the NAMA-appointed receiver to the Bolands Quay development project. The Bolands Quay site received planning permission in July 2015 and since then NAMA has provided funding for demolition and enabling works. The development is one of […]
With Ryanair recently announcing it was going ‘plastic-free’ in the next five years, the airline became another voice in the debate surrounding the frightening levels of plastic contamination of the planet. So where does Ireland rank in terms of international comparisons regarding recycling and what are the options when it comes to a more sustainable […]
John Foster, European Business Manager for BIM and Vertical Construction at Topcon Europe discusses the role BIM and Digital Construction plays in the Irish construction industry and the different aspects involved. Why is BIM important and what assistance is out there to ensure compliance and adaptation within county councils? There’s a lot of talk about […]
There have been a series of concerted steps, particularly in the last half decade, to drive adaptation and acceptance of the opportunities afforded by Building Information Modelling to the broader construction environment. The Irish Construction Sector forms an increasingly important component of the overall Irish economy and according to the Building Information Modelling
Galway City Council has been ranked the highest out of the 31 local authorities in Ireland for integrity. Transparency International (TI) Ireland has launched the first National Integrity Index which ranks Ireland’s 31 local authorities based on three criteria: transparency, accountability and ethics. The index and report are the result of eight months of research during
Cork City Council has voted in favour of a €6 million public realm and flood defence project for the Morrison’s Island area of the city. Councillors voted 22 to six in favour of the scheme which, according to the Council, “will remove 80% of the flood threat in the city centre”. Construction is expected to […]
The Chief Fire Officers’ Association (CFOA) Annual Conference for 2018 took place this year at the Knockranny House Hotel in Westport, Co. Mayo. The organisation itself acts as a professional voice for fire services in Ireland. Spanning over two days, the events theme for this year was “Fire Service Delivery-Prepare for the Future”. Now in […]
Council Journal caught up with Adrian Kelly, CFO of Co. Clare and Secretary of the Chief Fire Officers’ Association at the organisation’s annual conference at Knockranny House Hotel in Westport, Co. Mayo to find out what the Irish fire services are currently working on at present and the challenges faced. Firstly, he explains the idea […]