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Construction firms look to Africa for work

Irish building firms are looking as far afield as Libya for work because projects in Ireland have all but dried up, according to the Civil Engineering Contractors’ Association (CECA).

Pat McCarthy, president of CECA, said that the association’s members were suffering from a scarcity of work, despite government claims that capital spending was going ahead. He said he knew of at least three major contractors that had tendered for work in Poland, and another which tendered for work in Libya.

Monday 6 July, 2009 12:23 PM

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