The Construction Industry Federation and Irish Home Builders’ Association Welcome New Planning and Development Bill

The Construction Industry Federation and Irish Home Builders’ Association have welcomed the new Planning and Development Bill. Conor O’Connell, Director of Housing and Planning with the Construction Industry Federation and

IHBA - 22 Nov 2023
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Residential Property Price Index for September 2023 published by the CSO

The Central Statistics Office (CSO) have published the latest Residential Property Price Index (RPPI) for September 2023. The Index has increased by 1.4% in the 12 months to September 2023,

IHBA - 16 Nov 2023
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Construction Industry Federation Q3 Economic Outlook: Half of construction companies remain positive about health of the industry, despite rising material and labour costs.

Half of construction companies in Ireland remain positive about the health of the industry despite 76% reporting a year-on-year increase in labour costs and 64% citing a year-on-year increase in

CIF News - 13 Nov 2023
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Construction Industry Federation welcomes increased provisions for capital spending in Budget ’24

In response to Budget 2024 Hubert Fitzpatrick, Director General of the Constriction Industry Federation, said: “We welcome the increased provisions for capital spending in Budget ’24 and we also welcome

CIF News - 10 Oct 2023
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Government must invest in the planning system to accelerate infrastructure and housing delivery in Budget 2024, says Construction Industry Federation

Construction delegation will meet with Government on Monday 18th September to outline budgetary recommendations.   The Construction Industry Federation is calling on the Government to allocate additional funding to ease

CIF News - 13 Sep 2023
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Construction Industry Federation Q2 Economic Outlook Survey: Positive growth in construction sector continues but 77% of companies cite access to labour as biggest concern

Over a third of construction companies experienced an increase in turnover in Quarter 2 (34%) but 77% of companies cite access to skilled labour as their top concern, according to

CIF News - 08 Sep 2023
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Corporate Partner Feature: Leading HESQ platform HammerTech becomes latest Corporate Partner of the CIF

Hammertech VP of Marketing, Georgia Bergers MRICS, writes about how HammerTech’s technology is streamlining onsite safety and consistently improving safety record keeping.  HammerTech, construction’s leading safety and site operation platform,

Corporate Partners - 07 Sep 2023
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Housing Supply Coordination Task Force (Dublin) Q1 2023 Results

The Dublin Housing Taskforce returns for Q1 2023 have recently been published. Overall, they indicate that there has been an overall increase in the cumulative number of units permitted planning

IHBA - 15 Aug 2023
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Construction Industry Federation welcomes amendments to the Public Works Contract announced today.

Press Release Immediate Release 3 July 2023 Construction Industry Federation welcomes amendments to the Public Works Contract announced today.

CIF News - 17 Jul 2023
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Corporate Partner Feature: Time to say goodbye? How to know when it’s time to upgrade your accounting software

CIF Corporate Partner, Integrity Software, writes about recognising the weaknesses in your existing accounting software system and what to do about it

Corporate Partners - 13 Jul 2023
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