100,000 jobs face axe in construction over next year

UP to 100,000 jobs may be lost in construction over the next 12 months, pushing the total number of job losses in the sector to 300,000 in three years.

The warning came from the Construction Industry Federation, which called on the Government to boost the spend on infrastructure to prevent further job losses.

CIF director general Tom Parlon said he feared the Department of Finance was cutting back sharply on infrastructure spend.