Denis J O'Malley B.E. Consulting Engineers

That’s it for 2019 everyone 👍 see you bright and early on 2nd January. Happy Christmas to one and all 😊

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Anyone that fancies heading to Millstreet on 10th or 11th November for the Self-Build Live Event, we have a few tickets here in the office for you 👍

Murroe Wood Park looking fabulous in the sunshine today, (and floodlights now in place for when its not quite as bright)

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The walkway is making good progress! Great to meet Minister for Gaeltacht and Rural Affairs Michael Ring in Murroe Wood Park today

We’re finishing up in the office just now for today. We’ll see how things are in the morning before we decide whether to open the office tomorrow or not. We’ll have news on that here in the am. 👍

Office closed now until 9:30am on Tuesday 2nd January. Happy Christmas to one and all 👍

A bit of live testing this afternoon 👍

It won’t be long before a ball is kicked here! Great progress at the all weather pitch in Murroe 👍 sand being laid

Great Progress 👍

Ok, we’re nearly back to full speed here in the office again 👍 Power is back, internet is back, landline is the only thing still down so email all queries to [email protected] and we’ll get back to you. Thanks for your patience 👍

Power is back in the office this morning thankfully. We still don’t have our phone lines or internet operational but we’ll hopefully have all systems back soon. Thanks for your patience.

Still no power at our office in Abington, so only working on a very limited basis until further notice. We are able to check emails (to [email protected]) at regular intervals. Hopefully the power will be restored soon. Thanks for your patience.

We’ll be open again at 9:30am. Still without power at our Office in Abington so only able to provide a very limited service this morning unfortunately. Please be patient. Hopefully the power will be restored soon.

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75pc grant for 'doing up' old farm buildings available again The Heritage Council has today launched its GLAS Traditional Farm Buildings Grant Scheme for 2017.

Hi all. Some 3D views for ye of the planned housing development at the Cappamore Creamery site.

https://www.facebook.com/kodonnelltd/posts/1666154220271795

We would like to take this opportunity to wish all of our valued clients, a Happy and Healthy Christmas and all the best for 2016! Our offices will be closed from 5pm on Wednesday 23rd December until 9:30am on Monday 4th January. Have a great holiday!!

For those of you interested in the Planning Exemptions in relation to Satellite Dishes, the details of what's allowed to be installed without planning permission are attached, anything else would require planning permission.

There have been some changes to the commencement notice process as and from September 1st.
For "one off" houses and extensions there's now an option to "opt out" of the full certification process established in March 2014.
Your development must still be built in compliance with The Building Regulations, and you must submit a commencement notice prior to the start of works. More details from the Department of the Environment here. http://www.environ.ie/en/Legislation/DevelopmentandHousing/BuildingStandards/FileDownLoad,42563,en.pdf

Forestry grants scheme announced with €500 million fund available. Most forestry plantations don't require planning permission, more info on the approvals you need when thinking about getting involved in forestry here http://www.agriculture.gov.ie/forestservice/forestryandthelaw/ if you do need planning give us a shout

Forestry and the Law - Department of Agriculture, Food & the Marine Forestry in Ireland operates within a legal and regulatory framework. This is necessary in order to protect forests and also to ensure that forestry operations and activities are carried out in compliance with the principles of sustainable forest management.

Hello all.



The Department of Communications Energy and Natural Resources have a consultation open on the National Rural broadband Plan to get the views of citizens, stakeholders and representative bodies.



It will be important to let communities, private individuals and businesses that they can have their say on how and where the National Broadband Plan will be rolled out.



The consultation Documents are available at www.broadband.gov.ie



The key consultation questions are :

· The accuracy of the broadband map and how it has been developed;

· The proposed changes to the Next Generation Access (NGA) assessment criteria following the call for inputs in June 2014 which were used to develop the Map;

· The most appropriate process to capture any changes or updates to NGA coverage arising over time;

· What should be deemed a strategic connection point for the purposes of Connecting Communities, for example schools and hospitals

· Invites further submissions of mapping data from operators who have planned to deploy high speed broadband services.



To contribute, a template has been developed for submissions and the closing date and time is 5.00 pm on 12th February 2015.

Please pass on this information to any interested communities, private individuals and businesses across the area.



Many thanks.



Regards, Pádraig.





Pádraig Casey,

Ballyhoura Development Ltd.,

Kilfinane,

Co. Limerick.

Capital Investment grants of up to 60% announced by Agriculture minister Simon Coveney for farmers under 40 years of age.

If you need any help with plans for a project on your farm, need to figure out if the building you are proposing will need planning permission or is exempt?

Drop us a line by email [email protected] or give us a buzz on 061-386555 and we can have a look at the project for you.

http://www.irishexaminer.com/farming/profile/valuable-new-measures-announced-for-qualified-farmers-aged-40-or-under-256171.html

A link to the code of practice for Inspecting and Certifying Buildings and Works from the Engineers Ireland Website.
http://www.engineersireland.ie/EngineersIreland/media/SiteMedia/communications/publications/Code_of_Practice_Building_Control_Regulations_2014.pdf?ext=.pdf

Have a look at our website for some information on the New Building Control System, in place since last Saturday March 1st 2014. We can take you through the changes as they apply to your particular build and we provide all the services required from Design Certifier to Assigned Certifier and so on. The New Building Control Management System is to be welcomed as it will mean that haphazard unsafe developments that don't meet the regulations in terms of Fire Safety, Disabled Access, Energy Efficiency etc will not be possible in the future. Remember the Building Regulations themselves aren't changing, just the way they are regulated and enforced.