New fire safety regulations for apartments have been changed following lobbying from a major international development company.

Plans for a new urban redevelopment quarter with the potential to host thousands of apartments close to Limerick City’s rail and bus transport hub take a significant step forward today, gearing the city towards Framework 2040 planned regional growth.

Housing charity Threshold has hit out at co-living proposals following An Bord Pleanála's decision to block one of the controversial developments.

IT’S soaring in popularity as an urban pastime and crane-counting was very firmly on the agenda when I took up a challenge to find out just how much I could pack into a 24-hour architectural and interiors fact-finding mission in Dublin.

Eve Kelliher looks at the world of art, architecture and interiors.

Green was the colour this week as a talented team of architects scooped enviable prizes for energy efficiency and innovation.

A feature of grandly-titled conferences in the corporate and political worlds — Tomorrow’s Game-changing Solutions for Plasterboard, Democracy, and its New Frontiers — is that they do not always supply in the real world what they promise, certainly not for plasterboard or democracy.

The chairman of the Land Development Agency, John Moran, has called for the public to support plebiscites for directly elected mayors in Cork, Limerick and Waterford.

Eve Kelliher looks at what’s happening in the worlds of art and interiors.

Consumer advice with Gráinne McGuinness

Amid the housing crisis, architects’ industry group, the RIAI has raised questions about the best

Since the tragic fire at Grenfell Tower in London, concern has grown over the use of polyethylene cladding on buildings in Ireland, writes Caroline O’Doherty.

Two Irish architecture practices have won awards in a prestigious international competition, one for the design of a new secondary school in Donegal, the other for work on a parish hall in Malahide, north Dublin.

It is almost a year since the Government launched its capital plan covering 2016 to 2021. The plan received a broad if cautious welcome at the time, though the focus of attention soon switched to the budget.

One of the country’s most audacious school renovation projects has been recognised in this year’s RIAI architecture awards.

Cork school’s renaissance is a showcase for architectural excellence, writes Eoin English

Consumer advice with Gráinne McGuinness

1. A Family Fun Raceday takes place in Leopardstown tomorrow with free entry to all children under 16.

The Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland has launched a housing policy which could help to deliver sustainable housing solutions as the country’s population grows to almost 6m over the next 30 years.

A Cork-based architecure firm has won accolades for its work on the stunning dlr Lexicon Library in Dun Laoghaire, writes Carol O’Callaghan with the prospect of more to come on the world’s stage.

Married father of quads and chartered architect Tom Byrne is not where he wants to be, but admits “needs must”.

Ireland will need to build over 30,000 new homes per year over the next 15 years, an economist has claimed.

The Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland (RIAI) has called for a new 'Plan for Ireland' which looks to create job and infrastructure benefits.

CONSTRUCTION job numbers have more than halved since the boom, leading to calls for unemployed professionals to be given ‘placements’ in the public sector to help stop a brain drain.

AS the Irish construction industry continues to decline, architects and other building workers are being actively sought in Canada.

AS many as one-in-five houses in Ireland could be empty, almost three times the European average, new research suggests.

A new register for architects was launched today in a bid to regulate the sector by ensuring that only architects whose qualifications meet set standards are listed.

A €500,000 budget has been made available by the Government for the memorial promised in honour of the victims of institutional child abuse.

ALREADY, in its relatively sort life, the new Thomond Park has hosted some wonderful occasions.

The home of the GAA was today awarded the architectural equivalent of the cherished Sam Maguire cup.

Architects today called on the Government to reduce the VAT rate on construction professionals’ services in tomorrow's emergency Budget in an effort to stimulate more work for the country’s architects, engineers and surveyors.

FOUR out of 10 architects — or 1,200 — lost their jobs in the last year as the property market collapsed and Government slashed spending on infrastructure.

Donal Hickey on why we need to make energy savings.

SLIGO County Council provides the best planning service and Clare the worst, according to a study.

Clare is the worst county in Ireland to live if you’re looking for planning permission, architects claimed today.

THE Government’s national spatial strategy needs to be radically overhauled because of population trends, a leading think tank said yesterday.

A new report addressing Ireland’s population growth and the challenges it poses will be launched today by professionals in the construction sector.

THE funding which supported establishment of the award-winning Glucksman Gallery is nearing an end and management have called for the Arts Council to give them the much-needed finance essential to the maintenance of its international reputation.

ANOTHER 600,000 new homes will have to be built over the next nine years to meet housing demand it was claimed yesterday.