Office of Public Works
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Warning of ‘huge financial implications’ if new Garda command centre delayed
- Crime & Law
- August 24, 2020, 02:26
The Office of Public Works (OPW) has warned there will be “huge financial implications” if there are further delays to work on a new Garda command and(...)

Skellig Michael will remain closed this summer due to Covid-19
- Irish News
- July 30, 2020, 17:44
The Office of Public Works has confirmed it will not re-open the Skellig Michael UNESCO World Heritage Site for the remainder of the 2020 tourist seas(...)

Cars to return to Phoenix Park despite pleas from environmental and cycling groups
- Environment
- May 14, 2020, 18:54
Cars can return to Dublin’s Phoenix Park from Monday, despite pleas from environmental groups to retain Covid-19 restrictions on parking in the city’s(...)

Fire and flood risk to State’s €35m modern art collection
- Irish News
- March 25, 2020, 02:00
The storage facility holding the State’s multi-million euro collection of modern art falls “significantly below international museum standards” and wa(...)

James Joyce’s ‘House of the Dead’ may become a hostel under new plans
- Heritage
- October 31, 2019, 02:57
Plans to turn the James Joyce “House of the Dead” on Dublin’s Liffey quays into a 56-bedroom hostel have been lodged with Dublin City Council. The Ge(...)

Leinster House’s multimillion-euro renovations to run up to 20% over budget
- Politics
- June 15, 2019, 00:47
The major multi-million euro project to renovate Leinster House is on course to run up to 20 per cent over budget, according to internal Office of Pub(...)

Pedestrian bridge to finally span Liffey at Islandbridge
- Environment
- November 14, 2018, 19:05
Almost a century after it was first planned, a pedestrian bridge will soon cross Dublin’s river Liffey, linking the Irish National War Memorial Garden(...)

State lost €31m by overpaying in five property deals
- Politics
- November 6, 2018, 01:00
More than €31 million of taxpayers’ money was overpaid by the Office of Public Works (OPW) in five property deals over a four-year period, an internal(...)

Building housing State’s birth and death office for sale at €8.5m
- Commercial Property
- September 26, 2018, 00:00
An office building rented by the Office of Public Works and occupied by the Register of Births, Deaths & Marriages on Lombard Street East in Dubli(...)

Phoenix Park reopens to public after massive post-papal mass clean-up
- Irish News
- August 27, 2018, 20:11
Phoenix Park has reopened 15 hours ahead of schedule following an extensive overnight clean-up operation following the papal mass. Work began at 8 pm(...)