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David Porter, Director of Engineering and Transformation at the Department for infrastructure (DfI) for Northern Ireland, was formally appointed as the 161st President of the Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) on 4th November 2025. David is a Fellow of the Irish Academy of Engineering and a Fellow of Engineers Ireland.

The Irish Academy of Engineering (IAE) awarded its highest honour, the 2025 Parsons Medal, to leading Irish academic Engineer, Professor Vincent Fusco. The Academy awards the Parsons Medal to an Engineer, who has made an exceptional contribution to the practice of engineering on the island of Ireland that has resulted in significant social or economic […]

ACADEMY NEWS – Academy West Region meeting and site visit to University of Galway held on 24th September 2025 The autumn meeting of the IAE Western Region was held in the Alice Perry Engineering Building, University of Galway on 24th September 2025. The meeting was preceded by A presentation by Eamonn O’Reilly entitled ‘The Energy […]

The Academy were invited and attended a meeting on 8th October 2025 in Leinster House with the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Infrastructure and NDP Delivery. The Academy team consisted of: Sean Finlay – President 2025-2026 Tom Leahy – Special Advisor, Director & Past President Tim Corcoran –Infrastructure committee(Chair)  & Hon. Treasurer Anne Marie Connibear – […]

The Academy was invited to attended the Euro CASE conference 2025 in Vienna and the Board meeting on 30th September 2025. The theme of the conference was : Complex Systems: Shaping the Future for a Resilient Society Our gratitude is extended to the Austrian Academy of Sciences for an excellent conference. For more details please […]

Background This year the Annual conference of CAETS was held from 8-11 September in Brisbane. Ireland is a full member of CAETS, which is the International Council of Academies  of Engineering and Technological Sciences(www.newcaets.org ). Our Academy was represented by Murdoch McKeague (An Engineer & Brother of our immediate past president Seamus McKeague). Generations is the […]

Chair of the NI Region Jonathan Hegan welcomed attendees to a meeting of the NI Region held in Catalyst Offices on the 2nd October 2025.

Chair of the Southern Region Brendan Murphy and deputy chair John T Murphy welcomed attendees at a site visit to the Celtic Interconnector followed by a regional meeting hosted in the offices of Mott MacDonald in Little Island.