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With global supply chains, an inherent need for on-site workers and a client base that depends on optimism, construction firms faced challenges on several fronts when the pandemic shook the world economy last spring.
Suppliers scrambled to secure materials, rapidly shifting regulations shut down projects for months, and economic uncertainty led to a plunge in new starts as many developers opted to wait things out.
But a year on from the initial shock, general contractors are getting a handle on the new normal.
“I feel that the construction industry as a whole handled the pandemic extremely well,” said Lance Franklin, co-CEO of New York-based Triton Construction, which made the top 10 in
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Knockmountagh Trailblaser sold for the second top price of €2,700.
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The Irish Angus Cattle Society hosted their inaugural Roscrea bull sale on Wednesday with buyers in short supply.
In total, 23 of the 30 bulls catalogued were offered for sale with a mere 10 reaching their reserve.
Prices rose to €2,950 with average sale price resting at €2,350.
It must be noted that first-time sales often take a few years to get established and although this year was tough, next year could be a different story.
Dairy buyers
In previous years, May has been a good month for Angus bull sales with many dairy buyers securing bulls for work straight away. This spring, however, seen buyers secure bulls much earlier than usual which meant bulls sales in May, particularly in the southern part of the country are suffering.
I was disheartened to read Maurice Regan’s letter (Monitor, 5/2) regarding Diabetic alert dogs. As the spouse of a type 1 diabetic who is training her service dog, I was shocked that another trainer would have such skewed views about what is.