Turnover at John Paul Construction jumps 41% to €906m

Building firm reports profits of €37m in latest financial results

The Rosslare Europort Terminal 7 in Co Wexford, which was delivered by John Paul Construction.

Turnover at building firm John Paul Construction jumped 41% to €906m, buoyed by lucrative data centre and infrastructure projects, including the completion of one of the €230m Terminal 7 at Rosslare Europort. 

John Paul Construction, which has offices at Euro Business Park at Little Island in Cork and at the Termini Building in Sandyford in Dublin, reported pre-tax profits jumped from €23m in 2024 to €37m in 2025, with turnover rising from €640m to €906m. The company had 641 employees - including nine - directors, with wages and salaries of over €60m. The company has been increasingly active in data centre construction.

The company’s principal activities are building construction and civil engineering in Ireland, the UK, mainland Europe, and in the Middle East through an associated company. "As an international technical contractor with expertise in the data centre, life sciences, residential, commercial and infrastructure sectors, a disciplined approach to growth has been key to driving performance, while ensuring that the quality of projects we engage in is of the highest standard," the directors' report said. 

John Paul was the contractor on the construction project building Terminal 7, at Rosslare Europort, which was completed in 2025. This is one of the biggest capital infrastructure projects of its kind delivered in Ireland, with the final cost in the order of €230m. The new facility handles post-Brexit checks on goods coming into the country from outside the EU. Facilities include Garda immigration facilities, customs and border control facilities. It also includes a sophisticated Revenue Scanner Building, which allows the Office of the Revenue Commissioners to carry out checks on vehicles as they enter the country, a vital resource in Revenue’s strategy to target fraud. 

The Customs and Border Control Complex at Europort was officially opened in November. 

In March 2026, John Paul Construction completed work on the first phase of a €300m medical devices facility for Dexcom in Athenry in Galway. The production facility includes cleanrooms, laboratory and engineering spaces, and a four-storey office building, and is Dexcom’s first manufacturing facility outside of the US. 

2025 also saw completion of phase one of a major data centre project in Frankfurt. 

The company noted the conflict in the Middle East "continues to affect market certainty and supply chains, with evidence of renewed price inflation readily apparent as a consequence of pressure on gas and oil supplies."

The company was founded in 1949 by John Paul and Tom Simington.