BUILDING bridges in the air for internet search engine companies, completing a psychiatric care hospital for the Under 18s in Cherry Orchard, Dublin, and fitting out offices in Cork for the likes of VMware and extensions for Boston Scientific — the architectural practice Reddy O’Riordan Staehli is back being busy as it celebrates its 40th birthday.

The Irish arm of internet services giant Google saw turnover rise 25% to €12.5 billion last year, according to newly filed accounts.

THERE’S one more test to be done at City Gate, the recession-defying 300,000 sq ft phase 11 office and retail development at Cork’s Mahon: the test is to see if developer John Cleary can actually walk on water.

Treasury Holdings gave an “unequivocal” undertaking earlier this month not to bring a legal challenge to the appointment of receivers over several of its assets if Nama allowed a two-week “standstill” period which Nama had given, the High Court was told yesterday when Treasury’s challenge to those receivers came before the court.

There is some good news on the jobs front this morning.

Claire Walsh, Google

Dublin: International commercial real estate firm, CB Richard Ellis (CBRE) has said that letting and sales activity in the Dublin office market during the first quarter of the year reached 48,275 square metres.

Dublin: Property consultants CB Richard Ellis have confirmed there were only two investment transactions completed in the Irish property market in the first quarter of 2011.

Dublin: Google has acquired the two Dublin-based buildings that form its current European Middle East and Africa (EMEA) headquarters. The search engine giant had been renting the buildings on Barrow Street since 2004.

GOOGLE, the global internet group, has bought Dublin’s tallest office building for €99.9 million from NAMA, the country’s bad bank.

The Board of National Asset Management Agency has announced this morning that the agency will repay €250m of NAMA bonds in the coming weeks.

Google has acquired the Montevetro office building on Barrow Street from Real Estate Opportunities plc (REO). Treasury Holdings is the investment manager for REO and a majority shareholder in the company.

INTERNET giant Google is to create 200 jobs in Dublin with a new operations centre.

Employers’ group IBEC has said today's 200-job investment by Google highlighted the strength of the country’s information and communication technologies sector.

A Latvian man who pulled a knife on a Dublin taxi driver after a whiskey binge-drinking session has received a two year sentence suspended on condition he returns to Latvia.

ACC bank has today urged the High Court to reject an application made on behalf of companies in the Liam Carroll-controlled Zoe group to be placed into examinership.

FEWER vehicles were clamped in Dublin last year according to new figures, but the clamping rate in Cork city increased in 2008.

Google could be set to expand its Irish operations creating up to 500 jobs in Dublin over the next two years.

Spar Ireland won the Global Award for Convenience Retailing at the Retail Industry Awards held at the Grosvenor House Hotel, Park Lane, London last night.

THE sale of property and shares helped hike up profits at the IAWS Co-op by 166% last year.

DUBLIN'S docklands area, once a rundown wasteland, is half-way through its €7 billion masterplan to transform it into a buzzing city heartland.

Dublin’s docklands area, once a rundown wasteland, is half-way through its €7bn masterplan to transform it into a buzzing city heartland.

THE country’s leading property management and facilities management companies have been snapped up by a group of private investors in two deals believed to be worth €30 million.

Google has opened its new European headquarters in Dublin.

THERE is not sufficient evidence to close down the Dublin building site where a giant crane partially collapsed a week ago prompting the evacuation of 60 nearby residents , say Health & Safety Authority (HSA) officials.

RESIDENTS of Dublin’s Ringsend district who were evacuated from their homes on Sunday when part of a giant construction crane collapsed have spent a second night away from their homes.

MORE than 60 residents of the Ringsend district of Dublin were forced to leave their homes yesterday after part of a 200-foot crane collapsed.

A 200-foot crane has collapsed in the Ringsend area of Dublin.

POLITICAL donations to Sinn Féin fell dramatically last year after new rules banned political parties from accepting donations from abroad.