Questions raised about why former Garda Commissioner had rent paid for by state – The Journal

Questions raised about why former Garda Commissioner had rent paid for by state  The JournalRent for former commissioner’s Phoenix…
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https://www.newsbeep.com/279002/

State buy lands around Castletown House for €11m following two-year standoff over access – The Journal

State buy lands around Castletown House for €11m following two-year standoff over access  The JournalState to buy land around…
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https://www.newsbeep.com/260729/

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But before the election of #MichaelDHiggins in 2011, the Office of Public Works #OPW sought a new chair, free of the monarchist shite. #NoKings. The winning tender was from John Lee in Co Meath.

Lee designed it to be presidential rather than regal. Simple, and modern, it's designed like the presidency to not dominate. The frame is quarter-sawn Irish oak, entirely free of the invaders' gold. The shape is flowing, rather than pompous, and the arms express openness. A #RepublicanChair

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OPW has paid snipers €17,000 to kill 118 deer in Phoenix Park since last year

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#NewsBeep #News #Headlines #culling #Deer #IE #Ireland #OPW #PhoenixPark
https://www.newsbeep.com/141138/

OPW bans green and orange colours from Battle of the Boyne site (and tells staff they can’t be nude)

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https://www.newsbeep.com/13028/

How OPW’s €490,000 wall reconstruction went from a project expected to take three months to one that lasted nearly three years.

When ESB finally fixed live electricity cable, construction immediately halted after another live wire was found.

https://www.thestory.ie/2025/02/04/how-the-opws-e490000-controversial-wall-rebuilding-went-from-a-project-expected-to-take-just-three-months-to-one-that-lasted-nearly-three-years/

#ireland #construction #opw #foia

How the OPW’s €490,000 controversial wall rebuilding went from a project expected to take just three months to one that lasted nearly three years – TheStory.ie

If we could all be paid what #OPW is paying for a wall or a bike shed, a lot of my problem would be solved!

#ireland

[11:45] €490,000 cost to replace WRC wall 'astonishing' - Gannon

An OPW project to replace a 70-metre perimeter wall at the Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) for €490,000 has been described as "astonishing" by Social Democrats TD Gary Gannon

https://www.rte.ie/news/ireland/2025/0129/1493571-opw-wall/

#OPW #70_metre #theWorkplaceRelationsCommission #WRC #490,000 #SocialDemocrats #GaryGannon

[16:20] OPW project to replace 70m wall around government office ended up costing €490,000

An OPW project to replace an unsafe seventy-metre perimeter wall around a government office ended up costing over €490,000.

https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/opw-project-to-replace-70m-wall-around-government-office-ended-up-costing-490000/a1790830094.html

#OPW #seventy_metre #over€490,000

OPW project to replace 70m wall around government office ended up costing €490,000

An OPW project to replace an unsafe seventy-metre perimeter wall around a government office ended up costing over €490,000.

Irish Independent

[13:37] OPW hoped Leinster House bike shed could be model design

The Office of Public Works (OPW) was hoping the €336,000 bicycle shed at Leinster House could become a model design to be adapted and reused at other historic properties.

https://www.rte.ie/news/business/2024/1101/1478598-leinster-house-bike-shed/

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