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’
Office of Public Works
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
Bike shed a ‘profound embarrassment’, Ceann Comhairle tells Dáil
Seán Ó Fearghaíl asks how OPW did not query price when cost became apparent
A €336,000 bike shelter: Breaking the cycle of overspending on public projects
Former OPW manager, who examined excessive spending, believes a type of commercial semi-State body could better manage properties
If you laughed at the one about the Leinster House bike shelter, you’ll love the one about the loo rolls
Sometimes, when a problem is complex and protracted, a simple example of hubristic extravagance can become the emblem of all that is wrong
Eamon Ryan ‘shocked’ at over-€335,000 cost of bike shed at Leinster House
Minister says OPW has questions to answer over cost of structure that allows for storage of 18 bikes
Sulky racers in Phoenix Park reported to Garda
‘A disaster waiting to happen’: Woman says racing with horse-drawn devices is a danger to young and old, dogs, walkers and disabled persons
Health staff reform plan to end ‘traditional 9am-5pm’ work pattern
‘Multi-use’ offices planned for civil servants to allow ‘best use of the State’s property portfolio’ under reforms linked to pay deal
Phoenix Park deers’ behaviour ‘altered by people feeding them chocolate and crisps’
Stags fed low-quality food have smaller antlers, impacting their mating success, according to UCD study
Work on flood relief scheme in Cork to start shortly, council confirms
The Morrison’s Island Public Realm and Flood Defence project will protect 400 city centre properties
State has ‘legal obligation’ to deliver National Children’s Science Centre which could cost €70m
Plan questioned after similar facility, ‘the Explorium’, reopened this year after pandemic
Why does Dublin Airport want to demolish North Terminal, an icon of Irish modernist architecture?
Leo Carroll’s building, with its ‘elegant spiral staircases, delicate balustrading and bold terrazzo flooring’, would be razed
This couple lived on Great Blasket with no electricity or running water. Here’s what they did next
As caretakers on the epic Kerry island for six months, Emily Campbell and Daniel Regan were taken by the simple life, and found it hard to adjust back to city living
Flooding on the Ennis-Limerick rail line is getting more serious. So what is the plan?
Flooding incidents are increasing on the train track at Ballycar between Ennis and Limerick, and passengers are not convinced a solution will be implemented any time soon
Q&A: All you need to know about Ireland’s newest national park, Páirc Náisiúnta na Mara
Park is mix of formerly privately owned marine and land sites around Kerry, now under management of National Parks and Wildlife Service
Conor Pass bought by State for ‘less than €6m’, paving way for Ireland’s first marine national park
Details of Co Kerry amenity announced in Dingle to coincide with Earth Day
‘There was panic as water was creeping up’: rising flood waters threaten more homes in Roscommon
The ever-expanding Lough Funshinagh is one of the most pressing flood-related emergencies in the country, forcing more people to abandon their homes
Private Irish investor pays €4.4m for Garda human resources headquarters
New owner in line for 9.09% return on investment underpinned by lease to Office of Public Works
MetroLink: How plans for several stations have led to concerns
More than 120 parties made submissions on underground rail line during six-week An Bord Pleanála hearing
Metrolink ‘essential’ to fix Dublin’s ‘inefficient transport systems’, says transport chief
Transport Infrastructure Ireland CEO Peter Walsh was speaking on the final day of An Bord Pleanála’s hearing on the proposed 18.8km rail line
St Stephen’s Green Metrolink station threatens ‘priceless’ historic asset, Heritage Council says
Station could ‘compromise one of city’s most noted cultural heritage anchors’, State advisory body says
State bodies clash over possible ‘destruction’ caused by St Stephen’s Green metro station
OPW says construction of Metrolink line ‘cannot be at the expense of Ireland’s national heritage’, while TII insists any impacts will be ‘mitigated’
‘I have nightmares of the house flooding again’: East Cork residents call for better defences
Communities affected by last year’s flood ‘left to fend for themselves’, campaigners say outside Leinster House
Dublin Metro hearings resume after 15 years as first trains may run by mid-2030s
More than 120 parties to speak at planning meetings on long-delayed underground line including affected residents and campaign groups
Ambassador Theatre operators seek to fence in venue for safety
Historic building threatened by fires, vandalism, blood, urine, vomit and ‘human excrement’, request for railings claims
Frank McDonald: Dublin Castle hasn’t deserved its shabby treatment. Can we finally do it justice?
As a potent piece of Ireland’s history, the castle is truly a national treasure. We should handle it with a lot more care
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