In keeping with government's plans to cut greenhouse gas emissions, Ireland will seek to retrofit one-third of the country's housing stock by 2030. A move that will require a big increase in construction workers. Ireland estimated last year that binding climate targets for key sectors of the economy to cut emissions by 51% over the […]
University of Limerick is hosting a Common Engineering Career Information Talks on Thursday, 10th February, 7pm – 8pm for the following Programmes LM116 Engineering (Common Entry) Leading to: BE Biomedical Engineering BE Civil Engineering BE Design & Manufacture Engineering BE Mechanical Engineering Meet recent graduates who will speak about their experiences in their programmes of […]
The 10th annual STEPS Engineering Your Future programme is taking place from March – May 2022 and once again, engineering employers are set to join forces with third-level institutions across Ireland to provide Transition Year students with the opportunity to gain insight into the diversity and creativity of contemporary engineering. STEPS Engineering Your Future is run […]
Are you a male or female TY student and interested in a career in Engineering? STEPS Engineering your Future programme is an engineering programme that will give you a hands-on, fun and practical insight into engineering at third level and as a career. STEPS Engineering Your Future (STEPS EYF) is designed to inspire Transition Year […]
The Central Statistics Office (CSO) has released figures for New Dwelling Completions in the fourth quarter of 2021. The figures help to provide annual figures for 2021. Commenting on the release, Justin Anderson, Statistician, said: “A late surge in New Dwelling Completions in quarter four of 2021 brought the annual figure very close to that seen […]
The Institute of Technology Sligo (IT Sligo) has established the Female Student Network initiative which aims to promote construction-related programmes to females. The initiative comes at a time whenthere are significant shortages of graduates from construction-related programmes, according to the Construction Industry Federation (CIF), and only 1 in 10 employees are female. The CIF has […]
The Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage has published Commencement Notices data for December 2021. Overall in 2021, Commencement Notices for 30,724 new homes were received, a 42% increase on 2020 (21,686 homes). The 2021 total is almost the same as the combined totals for 2016 and 2017 (30,816). With the exception of 2020, […]
UCD Engineering will welcome 5th and 6th year students, A-Level students, mature applicants, parents and teachers to UCD Engineering Open Evening. The webinar takes place on 11 January 2022 at 6:00 PM. This event will focus on an overview of degree subjects available through Engineering DN150. You will hear from UCD staff, students and graduates […]
Irish Water, in partnership with Dublin City Council and South Dublin County Council, continues to progress works on the new state-of-the-art reservoir construction in Saggart. This strategically important project will help safeguard the water supply to homes and businesses in the Greater Dublin Area (GDA) by increasing the security and resilience of the drinking water […]
€21.5 million has been earmarked for 27 landmark regeneration projects in rural communities across the country. The funding, under the Rural Regeneration Development Fund (RRDF), is being invested in projects that will rejuvenate town centres, drive economic growth and footfall, combat dereliction, develop pedestrian zones and outdoor spaces and boost tourism in Rural Ireland. A […]
