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Return to work: does COVID-19 mark the end of the office?

As people head back to work, organisations are making drastic changes to the office layout, putting up dividers, two-metre distancing markers and hand-sanitising stations. But is it enough to keep us ...

An Post looks to relocate from GPO to Dublin’s tallest office

An Post is closing in on a deal to relocate its headquarters from the GPO to the Exo Building at Point Square in the Dublin docklands. The company is understood to have entered into exclusive negotiat...

Taylor Wimpey reports strong orders after sites reopen

Taylor Wimpey said its order book was strong with a healthy increase in reservations and demand for appointments at reopened show homes. The FTSE 100 housebuilder said most of its construction sites, ...

Markets advance on hope of restrictions being eased globally

Subdued volumes traded on world markets as London and New York closed for holidays Shares rose yesterday as investors’ hopes that countries would begin easing Covid-19 restrictions grew. However, Lond...

Life after lockdown: How the coronavirus pandemic is changing the way we build

For a couple of weeks last month in the UK, Thistle MultiFinish building plaster, which usually retails at just over £5, was being sold on the black market for between £35 and £40. “I started getting ...

Council sells land for development of €125m film studios

South Dublin County Council has agreed the sale of 48 acres at Grange Castle Business Park for a media campus and film studios. Elected members of the local authority voted unanimously in favour of se...

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