Kya deLongchamps looks at fusing aesthetics with the necessary engineering for beautiful and comfortable living spaces.

Specialist building materials provider Kingspan has delivered a significantly better-than-expected full-year forecast, suggesting its 2015 profits should increase by nearly 70%, despite global economic confidence wavering.

Analysts are anticipating a near €100m jump in annual trading profits for Kingspan, this year, following what the company itself called “an exceptionally strong start to the year”.

More than 240 families renting council houses in North Cork will be feeling a lot cosier this winter following the announcement that insulation and draft-proofing works are to start on their homes.