The campaign has used massive billboards with slogans such as “You’ve built Sydney, now come and build back home” to try to recruit some of the 70,000 construction workers needed here by 2030

One commentator said said the increase in housing completions was encouraging, but were still nowhere near where they need to be

An Coimisiún Pleanála rejected an application for permission to construct 241 houses and 409 apartments on the outskirts of Bray

In addition to the new housing target, Bank of Ireland is also convening a group of key housing market stakeholders

Central Bank of Ireland governor Gabriel Makhlouf said the ‘number one’ problem with housing is planning.

Unite said withholding pay when employees are unable to work could be considered an unauthorised deduction from wages, and therefore unlawful.

Figures from IrishJobs show Site managers were the most sought-after profession by employers in 2024, with demand growing 39 per cent year-on-year.

Mr Justice David Holland said he was quashing the decision to rezone the site near the Chapelizod Bypass because of the failure of the council's chief executive to list in a report a submission from an objector who owns a plant firm next door to the site.

The Department of Finance estimated that to build 50,000 homes per year it would require €16.9 billion of private cash

The man (30s) said the Government failed to consider his 'unique skills and integral contribution' to an Irish windows and doors company

The housing body said it is "strongly committed" to increasing the national housing stock.

Grenfell Tower was covered in flammable materials because of ‘systematic dishonesty’ from those who made and sold cladding and insulation, it said.

The drop puts the Government’s housing targets for 2024 at risk.

Minister for Housing Darragh O’Brien said the Government needs to build up the capacity in the construction sector before it can commit to building 250,000 homes

This slowdown was driven by activity levels in the construction sector swinging sharply from a robust expansion in Q3 to contraction in Q4.

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The High Court heard Marek Kapuscinski sustained sever crush injuries in an incident on a construction site in January 2019

Greg Kavanagh says that claims made by his brother Hugh over alleged settlement breakdown are outrageous and untrue

The company said the majority of the 40 new roles will be based in Ireland