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# Builders

This year
2023
# insolvency
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.
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May 3rd 2023, 7:22 PM
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# Housing
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.
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Dec 6th 2022, 3:01 PM
# not set in stone
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.
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Oct 18th 2022, 8:45 PM
# Fire Safety
Builders' levy should help pay for works on thousands of defective apartments, says Bacik
Government will have to provide assistance, Leo Varadkar has said.
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Jul 15th 2022, 9:07 AM
# rising costs
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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May 10th 2022, 1:45 PM
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# Construction
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.
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Jan 8th 2021, 5:00 PM
# Construction
Construction work ceases at National Children's Hospital site
The contractors had been criticised for continuing construction at the site after new government guidelines.
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Mar 31st 2020, 6:31 PM
# Building site
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.
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Jan 31st 2020, 11:40 AM
# Concrete
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.
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Mar 3rd 2019, 7:00 AM
# Housing Crisis
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.
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Jan 28th 2019, 1:33 PM
# Work
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.
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May 3rd 2018, 1:11 PM
# Construction
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.
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Feb 24th 2018, 10:30 AM
# brick by brick
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.
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Nov 5th 2017, 6:30 AM
# On the up
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.
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Aug 17th 2016, 11:14 AM
# shoe box
Surveyors welcome plans to make Dublin apartments even smaller
Council planning proposals would see the minimum size reduced by almost 20%.
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Jul 28th 2015, 3:27 PM
Swedish police are telling people to avoid Irish builders - because of these maggots
They say the men put the maggots in a wall.
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Apr 13th 2015, 6:02 PM
# Threat
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.
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Nov 22nd 2014, 12:39 PM
# NO MORE PRIORY HALLS
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.”
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Oct 22nd 2014, 10:43 AM
# all about timing
When are the Budget changes kicking in?
Midnight tonight, or January 2015? Here are the latest details as we have them.
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Oct 15th 2014, 6:38 AM
# thornton heights
President Higgins opens new housing scheme named after 1916 rebel female doctor
It took 10 years for the scheme in Inchicore to be completed.
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Sep 9th 2014, 6:59 PM
# Construction
Here's how many construction workers are on the dole
Despite a recovery, nearly 80,000 workers remain unemployed.
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Aug 16th 2014, 7:30 AM
# Your Say
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’.
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May 14th 2014, 9:23 AM
# hollaback boys
Watch builders shout unexpectedly lovely comments at women
OI! THAT COLOUR REALLY WORKS ON YOU.
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Mar 26th 2014, 5:30 PM
# Emigration
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.
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Feb 5th 2014, 7:45 AM
# building sector
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.
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Oct 14th 2013, 6:30 AM
# Builders
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.
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Sep 18th 2013, 1:05 PM
# croke park 2
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.
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Apr 15th 2013, 5:15 PM
# Limerick
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.
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Nov 22nd 2012, 5:13 PM
# bad planning
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.
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Apr 16th 2012, 9:58 PM
# bad planning
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…
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Apr 16th 2012, 3:00 PM
# Construction
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.
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Aug 22nd 2011, 2:17 PM
# Property
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.
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Apr 27th 2011, 2:19 PM