HAI Responds to Budget 2026
Hardware Association Ireland (HAI) will confine its comments to issues pertaining to Housing - and it looks positive. As always, the insights...
HAI wins big at Association & Institute Awards 2025!
All of us at Hardware Association Ireland (HAI) were delighted and honoured to be recognised at The Association and Institute Awards, where...
Time to Adapt?
As is evidenced by recent storms, the weather in Ireland has become warmer and wetter. And it is very changeable. Storms seem...
The Hardware Show 2024 highlights
The Hardware Show 2024 took place in Dublin’s RDS Simmonscourt on the 18th and 19th of February. Sponsored by Intact, the event...
Putting in the right effort at Trade Shows
Our regular contributor from the USA, Gina Schaefer interviewed long time and very experienced hardware store buyer, Willa Reddy, to get her...
Interview with Hardware Association President: Paul Candon
For those who aren’t familiar with you, could you give us a little bit about your background, and your journey to where...
We need a defined national strategy for Empty Homes
The Hardware Journal has taken the opportunity of speaking with Hugh Wallace, Award Winning Architect, Director of Douglas Wallace Consultants, TV Presenter...
Heavins embrace Lean to address productivity and efficiency issues
The Hardware Journal spoke to Paul & Derek Heavin, Topline Heavins & Euronics in Athlone about implementing their Lean Processes and how...
HAI Conference in Kilkenny
The Hardware Association Ireland Conference and networking event took place at The Lyrath Estate Hotel in Kilkenny on March 30th, with a...
Newry company tops in first all-island awards for builders merchants
Haldane Fisher Newry has won the overall Octabuild Award for Excellence 2022 at the first-ever all-island Octabuild Builders Merchant Excellence Awards. The...
