Office of Public Works

Ireland’s ability to deal with large forest fires put to the test in Wicklow mountains exercise

Multi-agency operation will assess Ireland’s preparedness and response capacity

Hong Kong group owns more than €58m in Irish properties

Group controlled by Dublin-based Yong Wu is part of wave of Chinese investment in property in the capital

The Debate: Could granny flats help tackle the housing crisis?

Call them ‘seomraí’, ‘shedsits’ or garden cabins, the Government’s plan to relax rules on garden dwellings is dividing experts

‘Great wall of Tara’ another example of ‘Gucci Government’ spending, TD claims

Peadar Tóibín claims OPW has spent 11 years rebuilding Meath graveyard wall with materials costing €124,000

OPW objects to plan for scheme near Custom House

Project envisages 14-storey mixed-use development on former City Arts Centre

Cost of rebuilding wall outside Workplace Relations Commission doubled to €490,000

Office of Public Works project became more expensive after live electricity cable and water main uncovered

Dublin couple fear their home will fall into Camac river after wall collapses

River wall gives way, triggering failure of garden structure along with patio and wastewater pipes

Historic Phoenix Park gate to be reinstated this month after lorry damage

The 190-year-old Cabra Gate was damaged last September by a Dublin City Council lorry

As it happened: Watch the winter solstice at Newgrange

The discovery of a 5,000-year-old secret at the prehistoric site in 1967 has made Newgrange world famous

Plans for a bicycle maintenance station at Leinster House ‘stall’ after furore over €336,000 shelter

Officials at Leinster House asked in July for more bike spaces for the complex, saying demand for existing stands was very high

Minister defends Fine Gael’s oversight of spending and toilet upgrade costs of over €825,000

Peter Burke says money generally well spent but Michael Fitzmaurice says wasted public money in Ireland would ‘run a smaller country’

OPW doubles down on its resistance to St Stephen’s Green metro stop

Planned MetroLink station would have ‘direct, severe, negative, profound and permanent impact’ on park, Office of Public Works argues

OPW to defend ballooning cost of modular homes for people fleeing Ukraine

Public Accounts Committee will also quiz OPW on progress of flood relief schemes

‘I wasn’t responsible’: Former OPW minister says he learned of Oireachtas bike shed cost in media

Patrick O’Donovan agrees with view of Pashcal Donohoe, who said he was ‘embarrassed’ at price paid for structure

Time, due diligence and indecision blamed for driving up costs of State infrastructure projects

Amid controversy over a bike shelter and security hut, people involved in planning such projects argue that, in an era of high construction inflation, lengthy processes drive up costs

Cost breakdown on €1.4m Government Buildings security hut revealed

Cost of metal roof likened to Donald Trump’s hair was €60,000, while pavilion structure cost €283,231

Tánaiste says €1.4m cost of Government Buildings security hut is ‘ridiculous’

Details of cost emerge at committee meeting where politicians quizzed OPW on €336,000 Leinster House bike shelter

Children’s hospital, Metrolink and bike shed are all symptoms of a deep governmental malaise

Like Britain, we suffer from advanced administrative sclerosis, but we’re in complete denial

Phoenix Park gate restored in €800,000 project damaged after being hit by council truck

‘Structural integrity’ of 190-year-old Cabra Gate ‘compromised’ following incident

€335,000 Leinster House bike shelter was delayed due to concerns over removal of parking spaces for politicians

Contractors were also concerned about disrupting Dáil with noise of machinery

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