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# Builders

This year
2023
SIAC Construction: Appeals for builder to clarify future of 100 jobs as it enters High Court
The High Court heard today that there is insufficient cash to pay roughly 100 workers at two of SIAC Construction’s companies.
Last year
2022
Owners of defective apartments need 100% redress scheme funded by industry levy, says SF
Up to 100,000 homes built between 1991 and 2013 are expected to have defects.
Concrete levy budget climbdown as tax reduced to 5% and pushed out to September
The levy is part of a plan to offset the cost of the mica redress scheme.
Builders' levy should help pay for works on thousands of defective apartments, says Bacik
Government will have to provide assistance, Leo Varadkar has said.
Govt to pay up to 70% of inflation-related construction costs on State projects
The minister says there is a real risk of projects not being completed if the State didn’t step in.
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Explainer: Here is how today's construction lockdown will impact building projects
Despite the lockdown there are a number of construction projects that can continue.
Construction work ceases at National Children's Hospital site
The contractors had been criticised for continuing construction at the site after new government guidelines.
Two men arrested suspected of extorting builders in Limerick city
Gardaí received a report of men demanding money in return for minding the building site in the evenings.
Mica scandal: Families living in 'crumbling homes' as redress scheme awaits sign off
It is understood the roll out of the redress scheme is in its final stages.
New State lender to give cash to small developers to build homes for first-time buyers
The new state lender aims to deliver 7,500 homes within five years.
Overseas construction workers are turning down moves to Ireland due to high property prices
The property sector has suffered from a lack of skilled workers in recent years.
How will Ireland 2040 be delivered? For starters, we need more brickies, tilers and plasterers
Ireland 2040 has big plans – but will we have enough construction workers to deliver government pledges.
Back booming: Almost 3,000 building apprentices predicted for this year
There were 650 construction apprenticeships in 2010 – that rose to 2,271 last year.
Irish builders are commanding €100,000 salaries as companies hunt for construction skills
Recruitment firm Hays says that demand for construction professionals was up 40% on a year ago.
Surveyors welcome plans to make Dublin apartments even smaller
Council planning proposals would see the minimum size reduced by almost 20%.
Swedish police are telling people to avoid Irish builders - because of these maggots
They say the men put the maggots in a wall.
Electricians union will do 'whatever is necessary' to get 5% pay rise
The TEEU’s conference heard that they wan ta roll-back on concession made over the last seven years.
Enda Kenny vows to crack down on cowboy developers
“Nobody wants to go back to the bad old days of the construction and property boom.”
When are the Budget changes kicking in?
Midnight tonight, or January 2015? Here are the latest details as we have them.
President Higgins opens new housing scheme named after 1916 rebel female doctor
It took 10 years for the scheme in Inchicore to be completed.
Here's how many construction workers are on the dole
Despite a recovery, nearly 80,000 workers remain unemployed.
Poll: Do you think the new construction stimulus will lead to another property bubble?
Michael Noonan said Ireland is a ‘long way from a housing bubble’.
Watch builders shout unexpectedly lovely comments at women
OI! THAT COLOUR REALLY WORKS ON YOU.
Leaving to work in Australia? Make sure you know your rights
A pamphlet published by two unions and Sinn Féin gives details of pay conditions as well as contact information for groups offering support to Irish migrants in the country.
Planning applications down 6% nationwide in 2013
Sligo and Leitrim had the worst construction performance for 2013, according to the latest edition of the National Housing Construction Index.
Construction output achieves largest annual rise since 2006
Figures from the Central Statistics Office showed that volumes in the constuction sector in the second quarter were 11.2 per cent higher than last year.
Seven unions have now rejected Croke Park II proposals
Earlier, two unions representing builders and plasterers both said that the deal would offer job security for members and voted in favour of it.
Parents blockade Limerick school after builders remove fittings
A dispute over payment has seen some subcontractors attempt to remove fittings they installed in the new national school in Kilfinane earlier this year.
Bad planning contributing to Irish obesity levels - An Taisce
An Taisce’s comprehensive report suggests urban sprawl means more time in cars or transport – and less time physically active.
Ennis: "Some of the most senseless zoning excesses of Celtic Tiger"
Co Clare farmer sold 48 acres for €18.8m – but it was located on a flood plain. But Ennis wasn’t the only place where there were attempts to build on floodplains…
Half of constructors submitting tenders 'below cost' to try and find work
Over half of construction tenders submitted now are below cost – with the actual costs around 17 per cent higher than given.
Irish Property Council calls for a “truth commission”
The organisation has called for a truth commission that would hold the government, banks, Financial Regulator, Central Bank, and the Department of Finance to account for contributing to the economic crisis.