{"id":593,"date":"2015-05-13T14:35:27","date_gmt":"2015-05-13T13:35:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hirehere.ie\/blog\/?p=593"},"modified":"2019-12-10T14:42:03","modified_gmt":"2019-12-10T14:42:03","slug":"diy-construction-news-may-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hirehere.ie\/blog\/diy-construction-news-may-2015\/","title":{"rendered":"DIY Construction News May 2015"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Construction Industry Activity Starts to Increase<\/strong><\/p>\n

According to the Ulster Bank Construction Purchasing Managers Index for April 2015, the Irish construction industry showed further signs of regaining growth.<\/p>\n

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Activity, new orders and employment all rose at sharper rates than in March 2015.<\/p>\n

Commenting on the survey, Simon Barry, Chief Economist Republic of Ireland at Ulster Bank, said \u201cfollowing disappointing readings in the first quarter, the April results paint a picture of a sector experiencing renewed improvement in the early part of the second quarter. The pace of the activity growth accelerated across each of the three major sub sectors. \u201c<\/p>\n

For the first time in three months growth of activity was recorded on commercial and residential projects and in civil engineering.<\/p>\n

New Roofing Academy Opens In Kildare<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Minister for Skills, Research and Innovation, Damien English TD recently launched Irelands first training facility for roofing contractors.<\/a>\u00a0 The training sessions will take place twice a week at Tegral Building Products in Athy Co Kildare.<\/p>\n

Speaking at the launch, Paddy Kelly, Managing Director of Tegral said, \u201cThe timing to set up the Academy is right; after a challenging few years, there are strong signals now to indicate that the Irish construction market is recovering. \u201c<\/p>\n

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Bloom In The Park 2015<\/strong><\/p>\n

Back for another year Bloom In The Park,\u00a0<\/a> the five day gardening, food and family fun event returns to the Phoenix Park from Thursday 28th<\/sup> May to Monday 1st<\/sup> June 2015<\/p>\n

This year\u2019s event will include 25 show gardens in a variety of sizes developed with a unique theme and style as well as a number of gardens designed by amateur gardeners and students.<\/p>\n

Other highlights include talks on topical issues around food, sustainability and agriculture in the Banter at Bloom marquee, a childrens area and the food village which will have a dining area and food for sale.<\/p>\n

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Our brief round up of 2014 September construction news, including the 2014 National Construction Safety Campaign<\/div><\/div>