Developer brothers call for more apprenticeships in building trade

Eamon and Liam Hetherington of GPD in Cork

Third generation builders and property developers, brothers Eamon and Liam Hetherington set up their Cork-based construction company, Glounthaune Property Development (GPD) in 2000 after deciding to return to Ireland from California and London respectively.

As well as training as carpenters under their father, Eamon also qualified as a horse-riding instructor with Irish show jumping legend Iris Kellett in Co Kildare. He worked in both the construction and equestrian sectors in California and returned ...