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Two teaching unions vote overwhelmingly in favour of revised pay deal

Two teaching unions have voted to back the revised public sector pay deal. Primary-level union the Irish National Teachers’ Organisation (INTO) – Ireland’s largest teachers’ union – said 80% of its members voted to accept it, while 85% of the ...

30 Sept 2022 at 17:32

National News

Primark to reopen landmark Northern Irish store four years after 'devastating' fire

Primark has confirmed that its landmark Belfast store will reopen before Christmas. It follows an extensive four-year restoration project after the Bank Buildings branch was destroyed by an accidental fire in August 2018. The retail giant ...

10 Aug 2022 at 15:24

National News

Interim work ‘the priority’ as building defect repairs estimated at 2.5bn euros

An independent report into apartments with defects built during the Celtic Tiger-era has found that interim measures to address potential safety issues “need to be identified as a priority” pending the completion of full remediation ...

28 Jul 2022 at 17:01

National News

Rising building costs to keep house prices at boom levels

Rising costs for building materials will keep house prices at record highs, a report from the Banking & Payments Federation Ireland (BPFI) finds. “Leading indicators show pressures building up in relation to input prices, which ...

07 Jun 2022 at 11:28

National News

House building steps up post pandemic across the country

Construction of over 2,000 new residential homes is expected to begin in the coming weeks, latest figures show. The Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage has published commencement notices data for February 2022....

22 Mar 2022 at 13:16

National News

Govt recruits construction workers to 'match demand' when housing supply increases

A Housing for All initiative dedicated to recruiting construction workers has been launched by the government. The Minister for Social Protection, Heather Humphreys, and Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, ...

05 May 2022 at 18:22

National News

Number of workers enrolled for retrofitting programmes grows to record figures

The number of workers enrolled in the Near Zero Energy Building and Retrofit upskilling programmes has jumped from 363 in 2020 to a record 2,034 in 2022. This has been described as a major advance in creating new green ...

17 Jan 2023 at 17:22

National News

Latest data shows almost 10% drop in completion of Ireland's new builds year-on-year

The amount of new builds completed in Ireland this quarter has fallen by almost 10% year-on-year. That's according to the latest data from the Central Statistics Office (CSO), which recorded 4,656 new dwelling ...

02 Nov 2021 at 13:59

National News

‘More than a third of homes built in first three months of 2023 were apartments’

More than a third of homes built in the first three months of 2023 were apartments, according to new figures from the Central Statistics Office (CSO). The CSO examined “new dwelling completions”, which are ...

26 Apr 2023 at 12:58

Arts & Entertainment

Sweden ties with Ireland as nation with most Eurovision wins after Loreen's 2023 success

Loreen of Sweden has won the Eurovision Song Contest in Liverpool, while the UK’s Mae Muller finished second from last. The singer, who previously triumphed in 2012, made history as the first woman, and ...

14 May 2023 at 10:00

National News

Health overspend could affect other budget decisions, says Finance Minister

A projected one billion euro health overspend could affect budgetary decisions in other areas, the Finance Minister has said. Michael McGrath said there had been a “pattern of overspending” in the ...

26 Sept 2023 at 15:29

National News

Gardaí release eerie photos of clothes from body of woman found on Irish building site

An Garda Síochána has shared images of the clothing found on skeletal remains discovered at a building site in Cork in 2021 in the hopes of solving the mysterious case. Gardai continue to ...

27 Jan 2024 at 22:59

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