Breaking Ground: Ireland's Construction podcast on iPropertyRadio

Housing delivery is no longer just a question of supply. It is also a question of standards, procurement, viability and whether the industry is structured to deliver at the scale now required. In this episode of Breaking Ground on iPropertyRadio, Carol Tallon is joined by Pat Kirwan of Reddy Architecture + Urbanism, co-founder of MMC Ireland and President of the European Association for Industrial...

Architectural Photgrapher Michael Conlon on iProperty Radio, talks to host Carol Tallon about life on site, capturiing some of Ireland's most striking and influential projects 

“We can’t have an industry that relies on one framework, we need more pipeline” With offsite construction playing a greater role than ever in housing and infrastructure delivery, Carol Tallon sits down with Denise Tuffy, Specialist Contracting Director at the Construction Industry Federation, to discuss the work of the Smart Off-site Association (SOsA).  Denise shares members’ perspectives on curr...

🎙️Mere weeks in advance of retiring from the Construction Industry Federation (CIF) Director General Hubert Fitzpatrick talks to Breaking Ground: Construction News host Carol Tallon about an almost five-decade long career in leadership across local authorities, planning, housing and the wider construction industry. He dispels the notion that Ireland’s construction industry does not have the necess...

*Planning: How the new planning extensions will apply* Planning has been the scapegoat of Ireland’s housing crisis for too long and today with Brendan Slattery, Partner and Head of Environment & Planning with McCann FitzGerald  we take a deep dive into the recent announcement from government about planning extensions for developers and what this means for the industry.  📽️ Watch now - https://...

Government has identified the following as key to driving productivity and sustainability across Ireland’s built environment: Research and innovation; the circular economy; offsite and other modern methods of construction (MMC); the skills gap; digitising the planning system; and Build Digital , which is guiding the industry through the BIM mandate and ICMS.   Five years on, we sit down with PJ Ru...

Martin Searson, Head of Modern Methods of Construction (MMC) Certification within the National Standard Authority of Ireland (NSAI), takes iProperty Radio through the certification process for construction manufacturers innovating novel building systems for the Irish market.  Martin shares the latest data around the number of manufacturers on the island of Ireland, and the marked increase in certi...

In our latest Breaking Ground series on iProperty Radio, I sit down with Paul Sheridan, Director of Main Contracting with the Construction Industry Federation (CIF) to discuss how planning delays and unreliable project pipelines—not workforce capacity—are the real bottlenecks in Ireland's infrastructure delivery.  Hear Paul's clear message to government: unlock the pipeline, provide certainty, and...

In our latest Breaking Ground ‘Construction Leaders’ series, I sit down with Eugene Finn, Managing Director of Capcon Engineering - The Rainwater Specialists - , to have a frank discussion on why we need to “get real” about sustainability; the ‘impossible challenges” stalling the delivery of critical new homes; and his team’s expansion into the US market in 2025 (the company has delivered projects...

Leading a Construction Legacy   For our first ‘Construction Leaders’ interview of 2025 on Breaking Ground, iProperty Radio, host Carol Tallon sits down with  John O’Shaughnessy, Managing Director of Clancy Construction and VicePresident of the Construction Industry Federation to talk about his personal journey into construction and rising up through the ranks; the weight of legacy he feels, leadin...