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ALERT: Major operation underway in Dublin to move asylum seekers sleeping in tents

A major operation is underway to move asylum seekers who have been sleeping in tents on Mount Street in central Dublin. The migrants have been sleeping rough, for several weeks, beside the International Protection Office. Gardai, Dublin City Council ...

01 May 2024 at 08:24

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Up to 250 'high value' civil service jobs to be created for capital projects

Up to 250 high value civil and structural engineering roles are to be created across Ireland to deliver essential capital projects for Government. It has been announced that the Office of Public Works (OPW) are recruiting up to 250 staff, including ...

15 Sept 2022 at 10:36

National News

Office of Public Works to appear before Oireachtas over Leinster House bike shed

The Oireachtas Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has invited the Office of Public Works (OPW) to appear before the committee to answer questions about the Leinster House bicycle shed on October 10. The revelation earlier this month that the ...

19 Sept 2024 at 12:21

Popular Irish tourist attraction remains closed after rockfall

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15 Jun 2022 at 12:29

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'Money down the drain’ - Government agency spends €20 million to rent empty offices

The Office of the Public Works (OPW) has spent €20 million to rent unoccupied offices, a new report has revealed. The Comptroller and Auditor General’s Report found that the OPW has paid €12 million to rent the Distillers Building in ...

02 Oct 2025 at 13:00

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Pilot programme to promote knowledge of biodiversity on building sites launched

A pilot course aimed at public sector staff and contractors working in sensitive environments, including building sites, to develop knowledge of nature and biodiversity conservation has been launched. The new biodiversity pilot ...

17 May 2023 at 16:45

National News

Donohoe ’embarrassed’ by bike shed cost and ‘accepts responsibility’

Paschal Donohoe has said he is “embarrassed” by and finds it “regrettable” that more than 330,000 euros was spent on a bike shelter on the grounds of Leinster House. The Minister for Public Expenditure said that while he was ...

02 Oct 2024 at 23:30

National News

OPW chairman says cost of Leinster House bike shed was 'completely not acceptable'

The cost of the 336,000 euro infamous Leinster House bike shed is “completely not acceptable”, the chairman of the Office of Public Works (OPW) has said. John Conlon said the OPW will “seriously reflect” on the ...

25 Sept 2024 at 12:55

National News

Winter Solstice sunrise from Newgrange set to be live-streamed across the world

The Winter Solstice sunrise will stream live again this year from inside the passage tomb at Newgrange, the Office of Public Works (OPW) has announced. The Winter Solstice is an astronomical phenomenon which ...

12 Dec 2023 at 12:32

National News

Gardaí to be notified of graffiti vandalism at ancient passage tomb site

The OPW has confirmed that will be reporting acts of vandalism which involved etching of extensive graffiti at an ancient passage tomb in Sligo to gardaí. The National Monuments Service of the Department of ...

16 Oct 2023 at 15:04

National News

Final cost of Leinster House bike shed likely to rise to allow e-bike charging

The final cost of the Leinster House bike shed is likely to rise to allow for the completion of the power and charging facilities for electric bikes (e-bikes), a committee has heard. Officials from the ...

25 Sept 2024 at 17:56

National News

OPW admits spending €70,000 on three sets of replacement curtains in Dublin Castle

The Office of Public Works (OPW) spent almost €70,000 on three sets of curtains at Dublin Castle. The Irish Mirror revealed that the final bill included the cost of flying in a consultant from the UK ...

13 Nov 2024 at 12:54

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