Infrastructure
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Construction cost inflation continuing but slowing
With Irish construction booming and all sectors within it experiencing growth, it is being reported that construction costs are now…
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Where to next for infrastructure in 2019?
Ireland has seen a fundamental shift in its infrastructure base over the past 20 years, for the better. We have…
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Project Ireland 2040: One year on
Unveiled in February 2018, Project Ireland 2040 laid out Ireland’s framework of growth for over 20 years. A year on…
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‘City quarter’ and ‘campus style’ developments: A growing phenomenon
The development of large scale ‘city quarter’ and ‘campus style’ developments is a growing phenomenon in Ireland. It is becoming…
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Ireland 2040: Will it be implemented, and does it go far enough?
12 months on from the publication of Ireland 2040, we are in a slightly better position now to assess the…
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Transport Infrastructure Ireland
Transport Infrastructure Ireland (TII) is responsible for maintaining 5,332km of national roads which carry 45 per cent of all road…
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The knock-on effect
The cost overruns at the new National Children’s Hospital, currently the subject of two separate investigations by the Oireachtas health…
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The housing market
Assistant professor of economics at Trinity College Dublin, Ronan Lyons, discusses future demand in Ireland’s housing market and how a…
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Project Ireland 2040: One year on
It’s almost a year since Project Ireland 2040 (which includes the National Development Plan) was announced. What has happened since?…
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Infrastructure: A driver of productivity and growth
Kate Barker of the National Infrastructure Commission offers insights from the UK’s first National Infrastructure Assessment, demonstrating why infrastructure is…
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