Raising the roof on a field of dreams
Sports fans will raise the roof on the new Lansdowne Road stadium when it opens on schedule next year.
Severe downturn in work for architects
Architectural and engineering firms have been shedding qualified professionals, technicians and senior executives in the past three to six months at an alarming rate.
Figurative sculpture planned for Liffey scrapped
The Dublin Docklands Authority has said it will not be going ahead with the 46m (150ft) steel sculpture of a human figure in the river Liffey because of the cost of the project.
Heineken to consider redeveloping brewery
Heineken is to consider seriously a proposal to redevelop Ireland’s oldest brewery,
One-third of architects laid off in last year, survey finds
Almost one-third of Ireland’s architects have been made redundant over the last 12 months because of the slowdown in the economy and the collapse of the housing market,
Wire man set to wade in to Liffey as 10-year planning permission granted
The erection in the river Liffey of a 46m (150ft) sculpture of a human figure –
Station gutted by fire to be restored
The Railway Procurement Agency (RPA) have begun temporary conservation works to secure the dilapidated railway building at Dundrum Luas station.
41% of Architects will have lost their jobs by March 2009
A recent survey projected 41% of architects will have lost their jobs in the period between January 2008 to March 2009.
Title problems may stop Dún Laoghaire baths project
Legal impediments contained in the leases and titles on land in Dún Laoghaire,
Siptu to view plans for Liberty Hall site
Plans for a replacement for Liberty Hall are expected to be put to Siptu’s executive for approval next month and planning permission could be sought as early as March.
