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‘If the government started talking to us, we could save a lot of money for the state’ – Niall Byrne, NMB Architects

The specialised firm has more than 30 years’ experience designing industrial and commercial projects for pharmaceutical, medical device and high-tech clients

HSE must open National Maternity Hospital to bids before due date can be confirmed - report

Latest government infrastructure update says HSE must put project on tender before the end of this year

Ibec calls for new €30bn infrastructure fund as part of pre-budget submission

The employer’s representative body said the government needed to increase spending on infrastructure to tackle the “systemic congestion” in the economy right now

Construction firms warn government the sector is becoming ‘uninsurable’

Construction Industry Council claims 100 per cent damages law threaten firms’ ability to deliver housing and transport projects key to the state’s €165 billion National Development Plan

Eased infrastructure spending rules will ensure €12.5bn capital budget is spent, Donohoe says

Minister for Public Expenditure has secured cabinet approval to cut the number of approval stages for major developments as part of plan to speed up delivery of schools, hospitals and roads

Infrastructure spending rules to change to speed up delivery of projects

Paschal Donohoe also wants to reduce bureaucracy in public projects including the use of private sector consultants for assessments

Snowballing costs of current state projects ‘could scupper future NDP plans’

The Office of Government Procurement has warned that public works yet to be tendered for could be jeopardised by inflation-driven cost overruns in the present

Review of roads budget gets underway as construction inflation spikes

The review by Transport Infrastructure Ireland is seeking to determine ‘how much the current budget can deliver’, and how many projects can be progressed

Key projects in €165bn development plan at risk as inflation bites

Latest figures from the CSO show that the price of construction materials are up almost 20 per cent in the first quarter of this year, while builders say fixed pricing makes contracts commercially unattractive or unviable

Retrofitting scheme will be a ‘step change’ in tackling climate crisis

Government says some 500,000 homes will be upgraded

Revealed: Key details from the National Development Plan

The multi-billion euro plan is due to be launched this afternoon — here is what will be in the 180-page document which will set out the state’s infrastructure spending up to 2030

Five cities could lose out in national development plan, top officials warn

Government analysis shows they will only get 31 per cent of infrastructure funding despite being earmarked for 50 per cent of future population growth

FG fears new environmental test for proposed roads could ‘strangle’ projects

Fine Gael believes 42 road projects in National Development Plan are protected from being axed or delayed under the Transport Minister’s assessment process

Opinion: One legacy of Covid-19 can be a revitalised rural Ireland

The pandemic has devastated so many lives but positives can emerge from the crisis such as a long-term shift towards more remote working

State aims to weave green into gold

The government wants a ‘more ambitious’ National Development Pan that will provide a post-Covid and post-Brexit boost to the economy, while also improving our green credentials. Is it a flight of fancy, or a realistic prospect?

Tyndall National Institute secures €75m loan from European Investment Bank

Research centre plans to build new €150m campus in Cork city ‘to respond to evolving ICT-related technology opportunities’