Construction Revealed: Developers’ success in 90% of fire safety casesThe Business Post discovered that among fire safety conditions removed by An Bord Pleanála on appeal were car park sprinklers, certain smoke vents and occupancy limits
Construction Analysis: Celtic Tiger defects scheme will cover homeowners who already paid for repairsThe government felt it could not compensate one group of apartment owners, while leaving another group with nothing
Construction State to pay up to €2.5bn as 100% redress approved for Celtic Tiger era defective buildingsIt is estimated as many as 100,000 apartments and duplexes are affected by problems such as serious fire safety issues
Construction Warning of ‘mica-style’ protests if owners of defective homes don’t get 100% redressAs many as 100,000 properties have issues which need to be repaired
Grenfell Fire Grenfell: the perfect storm of failings that led to fire disasterA new book about the Grenfell blaze details how some of the issues which preceded the London tower block tragedy have yet to be rectified – and examines the difference between legal and moral responsibility in modern capitalism
Construction Kingspan accused of ‘dishonest science’ at Grenfell inquiryBuilding materials firm engaged in ‘fraudulent tactics’ and ‘buck passing’, victims’ groups barristers argue
Planning Property firm wins appeal over sprinklers in basement car parkMB McNamara Construction, which is building a six-storey apartment building in Tallaght, has overturned a sprinklers requirement despite South Dublin Co Council’s objections
Housing Dublin Fire Brigade calls for urgent action at Dublin apartment complex Hunterswood development faces possible enforcement procedures if all high-risk fire-safety issues are not ‘rectified immediately’
Construction Grenfell inquiry: Kingspan accused of being ‘unscrupulous player’ in building industryBuilding firm accused of making misleading claims about its insulation product K15, as module of London fire probe concludes
The Big Interview ‘We agreed the time was right and so we put the family business up for sale’ – Ted Wright of WritechWhen the pandemic struck and Writech co-founder Ted Wright found himself working from home, he began questioning what he wanted to do for the next two decades of his life – and the answer involved selling a majority stake in the fire protection systems firm
Senior British civil servant was ‘naive’ to think ‘an organisation as big as Kingspan would act responsibly’ in producing accurate product literature The former director of building regulations in Britain was one of several senior civil servants who last week gave testimony to the inquiry into the Grenfell Tower fire
US union writes to Kingspan’s major shareholder over Grenfell Tower fire inquiryDispute escalates as sheet metal workers’ organisation follows report on investigation with letter to company’s biggest institutional investor
Cosgrave family deny ‘starving’ Ivy Exchange of fire safety fundsBillionaire property magnates fail to halt case proceeding against them in the Commercial Court over Parnell Street development
Mulryan’s Ballymore seeks meeting with Labour MP over ‘profiteering’ criticism Former Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell has repeatedly criticised the building firm in the House of Commons with regards to Britain’s flammable cladding scandal
Management company sues builders over alleged ‘fire safety deficiencies’ in complexThe Ivy Exchange apartment and retail complex on Parnell Street in Dublin city centre, built by the Cosgrave Group, could face a €9m remediation bill
New fire safety law aims to avoid Grenfell-style tragedy herePublic buildings will have to display safety notice at entrance, with name of responsible person to contact
