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Deconstruct: How did you overcome your biggest lockdown challenge?

Deconstruct: How did you overcome your biggest lockdown challenge?

In each print issue of Construction magazine we give members a chance to have their say. In our May edition we asked how they overcame their biggest challenges during lockdown. Kathy Kissane, Eoin Waldron and Mary Catherine Greene share their thoughts.   Kathy...

Company stories with … Castle Group founder Seamus Brady

Company stories with … Castle Group founder Seamus Brady

Seamus Brady is the founder and Managing Director of Galway’s Castle Group – Castle Ceilings & Partitions, Castle Modular and Castle FM. He has been a CIF member since 2000. What project are you most excited about? We are very excited about the market’s ambitions...

New voices in construction: Jade Kennedy

New voices in construction: Jade Kennedy

  Insight from the next generation of construction talent Jade Kennedy, 21, is an apprentice electrician Jade Kennedy is an old head on young shoulders. Still 21, the Crumlin woman has, since January, been working on one of the most vital buildings under...

If it was up to me: Rory O’Connor

If it was up to me: Rory O’Connor

Advice and thoughts on the lighter side of life Rory O'Connor is a stand-up comedian and bestselling author, also known by his online and social media personality, Rory’s Stories. Rory is a true advocate for mental health and is the CIF’s Health & Safety...

Women in construction: Glorence Makharinge

Women in construction: Glorence Makharinge

Equal Measures - An insight into a career in construction from a woman’s point of view Glorence Makharinge is a site engineer with Marlet Property Group in Dublin. She has worked in the construction industry for three years.  Two months after completing a Bachelor of...

Claire McNamee: 35 years on the CIF front desk

Claire McNamee: 35 years on the CIF front desk

Claire McNamee first walked through the Dublin doors of the Construction Industry Federation on November 17, 1986. Over three decades of dedication to the organisation later - always on time, never a sick day - she leaves fulfilled as the pandemic rumble on. “I feel...

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