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

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

[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/

#TheOfficeofPublicWorks #OPW #336,000 #LeinsterHouse

[22:13] OPW to defend cost of modular homes to accounts committee

Officials from the Office of Public Works (OPW) will defend the cost of modular homes when they appear before the Public Accounts Committee tomorrow, describing them as "State assets".

https://www.rte.ie/news/ireland/2024/1021/1476705-opw-modular-homes/

#theOfficeofPublicWorks #OPW #thePublicAccountsCommittee #tomorrow

[12:36] Cost-effective bike shelter alternative rejected in 2021

The OPW told authorities in Leinster House three years ago that installing uncovered bicycle parking outside the Member's Restaurant would have been a cost-effective option.

https://www.rte.ie/news/ireland/2024/0925/1471842-bike-shelter-alternative/

#OPW #LeinsterHouse #threeyearsago #theMember'sRestaurant

View of #CahirCastle #Cahir #Tipperary #Ireland

Cahir Castle is one of Ireland’s largest and best preserved castles. It was built on the #RiverSuir in the 13th Century by the powerful O’Brien clan but later granted to the Earl of Ormond and Butler family.

It’s currently a National Monument and owned by the Irish State through the #OPW

#FensterFreitag #WindowFriday #Mastodaoine