Irish Drilling Ltd (IDL)

Irish Drilling Ltd is a Loughrea-based mineral exploration and ground investigation contractor serving projects across Ireland, the UK, France and the Isle of Man. The company combines drilling expertise with geotechnical fieldwork, supporting clients that need reliable ground information for exploration, infrastructure and environmental projects.

Its capabilities include cable percussion, rotary core and rotary percussive drilling, directional drilling, trial pits, slit trenches, dynamic probing, window sampling and borehole logging. The team also undertakes borehole surveys, standpipe installation, pump and infiltration tests, permeability testing, in-situ testing, GPS surveying, inclinometer monitoring and piezometer installation, with fieldwork carried out to recognised BS and IS EN standards.

A dedicated soil and rock laboratory supports sample storage, logging, photography and testing. Published laboratory services cover soil classification, particle-size analysis, compaction, density, consolidation, triaxial and shear testing, permeability, contamination and environmental testing, alongside a broad range of rock and aggregate analyses. Reporting is available in factual, interpretative, AGS and as-built formats.

The business has worked on mineral exploration programmes as well as roads, bridges, ports, pipelines, wind farms, solar farms, water-related schemes and private developments. Its audience includes mineral exploration companies, engineers, developers, contractors, utilities and public-sector organisations seeking a comprehensive investigation service from field operations through to laboratory reporting.