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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
United Hardware host ‘United in Excellence Awards’ 2022 recognising exceptional standards in the sector
Hardware and Builders’ Merchant store members of United Hardware from around the country have recently been honoured for achieving exceptional standards in...
The Impact of Vacant Homes in 2026
By the end of September this year there were almost 15,000 applications for the Vacant Homes Grant, 11,000 of which are approved....
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...
