Donal Hickey: Future-proofing buildings against 'concrete cancer'

Future proofing Irish building projects against climate change is a must now

When the steel inside the concrete gets wet it rusts and expands, cracking the concrete and weakening the structure in a process sometimes referred to as 'concrete cancer'

Walking in the rain on the beach at Garrettstown, in West Cork, temperatures are around 15°C. News from a car radio says temperatures in parts of Italy and southern Europe are three times that and rising to record levels.

There’s a ‘wish I was there’ moment, but it passes quickly. Bad and all as our summers can be, we’re better off in Ireland in so many ways with generally moderate, tolerable temperatures.