Office of Public Works

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Contractors were also concerned about disrupting Dáil with noise of machinery

Seán Ó Fearghaíl asks how OPW did not query price when cost became apparent

Former OPW manager, who examined excessive spending, believes a type of commercial semi-State body could better manage properties

Sometimes, when a problem is complex and protracted, a simple example of hubristic extravagance can become the emblem of all that is wrong

Minister says OPW has questions to answer over cost of structure that allows for storage of 18 bikes

‘A disaster waiting to happen’: Woman says racing with horse-drawn devices is a danger to young and old, dogs, walkers and disabled persons

‘Multi-use’ offices planned for civil servants to allow ‘best use of the State’s property portfolio’ under reforms linked to pay deal

Stags fed low-quality food have smaller antlers, impacting their mating success, according to UCD study

The Morrison’s Island Public Realm and Flood Defence project will protect 400 city centre properties

Plan questioned after similar facility, ‘the Explorium’, reopened this year after pandemic

Leo Carroll’s building, with its ‘elegant spiral staircases, delicate balustrading and bold terrazzo flooring’, would be razed

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 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

Park is mix of formerly privately owned marine and land sites around Kerry, now under management of National Parks and Wildlife Service

Details of Co Kerry amenity announced in Dingle to coincide with Earth Day

The ever-expanding Lough Funshinagh is one of the most pressing flood-related emergencies in the country, forcing more people to abandon their homes

New owner in line for 9.09% return on investment underpinned by lease to Office of Public Works

More than 120 parties made submissions on underground rail line during six-week An Bord Pleanála hearing

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

Station could ‘compromise one of city’s most noted cultural heritage anchors’, State advisory body says

OPW says construction of Metrolink line ‘cannot be at the expense of Ireland’s national heritage’, while TII insists any impacts will be ‘mitigated’

Communities affected by last year’s flood ‘left to fend for themselves’, campaigners say outside Leinster House

More than 120 parties to speak at planning meetings on long-delayed underground line including affected residents and campaign groups

Historic building threatened by fires, vandalism, blood, urine, vomit and ‘human excrement’, request for railings claims