Standing on the outdoor roof-top terrace of the rapidly completing 250,000 sq ft Penrose Dock office scheme on Cork’s North Quays docklands, developer John Cleary looks south over the River Lee, and then downriver, to the east. The JCD group MD says,“over there was the last 15 years....and down there is the next 40 years.”

Hibernia Reit, the country’s largest stockmarket-listed office landlord, still has “the firepower” to make further significant acquisitions in Dublin, but has all but ruled itself out in pitching for rival Green Reit which had put itself up for sale.

O’Callaghan Properties have placed a Cork city centre development on the market today with a guide price of €34m.

Last year saw Dublin's serviced office market increase by 50% (8,000 additional desks) in 2018, according to research carried out by Click Offices.

The latest WHO report on world health makes for depressing reading. It reveals that physical activity has been engineered out of life, with desk-based jobs replacing physical labour, lifts replacing stairs, and cars replacing active travel.

If you work in an office, the chances are there are some colleagues you would rather sit next to than others. But we’re not just talking personality likes or dislikes here – what can also be a factor is how clean they keep their desk, writes Michael Loughlin.

Eventbrite opened its new Cork office today which will allow the company to double its workforce capacity.

The decision of Thomson Reuters to move its €253bn daily foreign exchange derivatives trading business to Dublin from London has been hailed as a “powerful calling card” for Irish financial services.

As organisations plan fun activities for National Workplace Wellbeing Day today, we ask how serious is the Government about keeping workers healthy? Helen O’Callaghan reports

Garbage in, garbage out is a term that describes a concept common to mathematics and computer science: the quality of output is determined by the quality of input.

Des O’Sullivan looks at an upcoming sale, including lots from Paul McGuinness’s office building in Dublin.

Half of workers have a "civilised" three-course dinner in a restaurant followed by drinks in a bar for their office Christmas party, a new study reveals.

The days when an employer could ‘shoulder surf’ an employee to see what they had posted on social media are rapidly coming to an end, writes Eddie Keane

Postmasters will stage a protest outside the Taoiseach's office later demanding action to save 600 post offices around the country.

Cork city centre’s largest office scheme, Navigation Square, is now cleared for a €90m build commencement by the summer which could facilitate 3,000 jobs.

The European Investment Bank plans to establish a full time office in Dublin by the end of the year.

The largest office building in Cork’s Airport Business Park has been sold to an investor, for just over €5.5 million – and, it is likely to be offered to the rapidly expanding international communications company Newsweaver, whose global HQ is already at the Airport Park.

An office investment, with a wealth-management company in occupation, is selling for €600,000.

Credit Suisse’s equity strategists upgraded non-London focused UK housebuilding stocks while cutting back on European utilities as part of changes to recommendations following the Brexit vote.

It is understood that the distinctive office block at No 1 South Mall, Cork, has now gone sale agreed with agent, Lisney. This unique building in the heart of Cork’s business district was offered for sale in March of this year on behalf of receiver Michael McAteer of Grant Thornton.

An income of €91,000 per annum is on offer in the €1.1m sale of a Douglas ‘village’ office investment in Cork.

Despite the perception, men spend longer than women on social media at work — up to 14 minutes more.

International property investment group Kennedy Wilson Europe (KWE) is to focus its Irish operations more heavily on the south Dublin suburbs, expecting office rents and capital values there to catch up with city centre rates.

Allied Irish Banks is one of a number of objectors against property developer Johnny Ronan’s plans for a €200 million office block in Dublin 4.

Prime office rents in Dublin are expected to jump by 18% this year, marking a fourth year of rapid growth and a more than doubling of post-recession lows.

Rita de Brún looks at contemporary office design in the context of health, well being and the enrichment of lives.  

Schneider Electric Galway Supply Chain Office have made their offices into a Christmas wonderland - and now we wish we worked there.

This season, fashion is about texture: mixing feathers, suede, leather, and the ubiquitous sequins. Paula Burns shows you how to master what can be a tricky look

New tenants have been secured for two substantial office suites in Cork, done to a 3G specification including at 6 Lapps Quay, according to Paul Hannon of Lisney.

AUGUST is the beginning of the middle age of summer. 

Businesses are increasingly looking outside Dublin’s central business district for office accommodation as rents continue to climb in the most sought-after areas, according to a report on the capital’s office market.

Business-orientated social media network company, LinkedIn has acquired more than 17,000 sq m of new office space in Dublin, which will allow it the capacity to increase its Irish-based workforce by around 600 people over the coming years.