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Over the next decade, the construction industry must ensure it can meet current and future skills demands. Organisations that value Equality, Diversity and Inclusion attract and retain the best people, perform better and ultimately are more successful. Creating an...
It was heartening and encouraging to see this year’s Construction Industry Federation International Women’s Day (IWD) event take place for the first time in person following two very unsettling years globally and in Ireland. During this time the construction industry...
As the industry continues to emerge from the effects of coronavirus, the CIF is calling for a renewed focus on safety, health and wellbeing in 2022. “As we emerge from the Covid-19 pandemic, we must not become complacent as regards to safety and health at work and...
In partnership with Sherry FitzGerald BUILDING THE FUTURE There has never been a more exciting time to work in the construction industry as it can offer an exciting career in many varied roles. Everywhere you look - the construction industry has designed and built all...
With construction springing into action in 2022, it won’t be long until those long summer evenings come calling. And this May, in the historic surrounds of Croke Park, The Lighthouse Construction Industry Charity Ireland will host its Summer Lunch. The construction...
When Tara Flynn’s parents started a family building business in the 1970s, you could say it set her on a predestined path in the industry. Though her successful place today as one of its leading voices is likely down more to her hard work and determination in what is...
The latest edition of Construction magazine offers a vision for building from the CIF leadership team. A positive outlook for the construction sector was one of the key findings from the recent CIF Construction Outlook study. A total of 303 companies shared their...
“I have to tell you - it’s very surprising how positive companies have been when they hear about what we’re trying to do,” says Derek Byrne, founder of Way 2 Work, and its general manager since the start of 2019. Byrne helps young people who have been in the care...
It’s the Olympics you haven’t heard about. And Dubliner Megan Yeates, formerly a logistics manager at Lidl and DHL, is the reigning gold medalist. The WorldSkills competition has been held since 1950, as a world championship of vocational skills. The last, in 2019,...
As we look back on the year that was, one thing is clear, 2021 will be a year to remember. From the shock of the pandemic’s arrival in 2020, this year got off to a truly traumatic start. There was much frustration and disappointment over the fact that any part of our...
