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Tuesday 27 October 2020
The government hopes this will help to encourage people to take trips within Ireland.
There are plans for 33 semi-detached houses and a four-storey apartment block near the Phoenix Park.
Cork controversy throws up major questions about how Ireland approaches flooding relief in the face of growing climate change threat.
Many gates in the park were closed in March following the introduction of Covid-19 restrictions.
The OPW closed most of its sites to the public following public health advice as Ireland worked to limit the spread of Covid-19.
The Office of Public Works hopes the gates will be rehung by the end of this year.
Companies were called more than 50 times by the OPW over a two-year period.
The minister wanted to have the deer relocated to a 250-acre estate in Laois.
There are currently around 600 fallow deer in Phoenix Park.
This follows the publication of the 2018 annual report of the Comptroller and Auditor General (C&AG) today.
Kilkenny, Dublin and Wicklow had the top three most visited attractions last year.
We toured what was once a British ammunitions store, and which since the 1980s has fallen into disrepair.
The gates were taken down in August 2018 ahead of Pope Francis’s visit to Ireland.
Ten sites purchased as part of the doomed decentralisation plan of 2003 remain in state hands more than a decade later.
Just over two-thirds of the buildings are former garda stations that were shut as part of a policing plan in 2012 and 2013.
The OPW said the piece has been moved into an individual office now after “an objection” to the artwork.
planned, designated parking areas could improve congestion when huge events like Bloom are held in the park, the summary said.
The OPW brought up issues with the scale of the proposed development at the site of a former car dealership on Glasnevin Hill.
The watch, believed to be worth close to €8,000, may be sold and the money used for charitable purposes.
Annual culls are carried out by the OPW to manage the number of wild deer in the park.
As of 1 November, the OPW had spent €15,754,639.37 on the visit of Pope Francis to Ireland.
A Status Orange warning takes effect in 13 counties tonight as gusts of up to 130 km/h are expected along Irish coasts.
The Comptroller and Auditor General recently revealed that the wrong rate of rent had been paid on the vacant building.
The OPW entered into a lease to accommodate the HQs of the Departments of Children & Youth Affairs and Health, in addition to parts of the Departments of Finance and Public Expenditure & Reform.
The OPW was responding to a caller on RTÉ’s Liveline who spotted catering staff throwing out unopened sandwiches behind the food stalls.
Dublin is under a hosepipe ban.
In 2015, large crowds congregated in the space for the Marriage Equality count results.
An internal dispute arose over whether Seán Canney would take back over the role.
In its latest report, the PAC state that last year the gardaí declared its intention to the committee to bring the organisation under one tax code by the end of March.
A total of 203 deer were shot by the marksman as part of eight culls carried out in 2016 and 2017.
The site is precariously placed on a cliff edge.
And without having to leave your home.
Phoenix Park is on course to host the Pontiff for his farewell Mass during his visit next August.
Ministers were giving their annual ‘Winter Ready’ update today. We appear to have plenty of salt.
The new hotel is to be built on the site of a former ‘young ladies’ hostel.
It’s one of a number of locations to receive funding thanks to Fáilte Ireland.
The TDs flipped a coin last year to decide who would take the first shift as junior minister.
OPW junior minister Sean Canney will be rotating the ministry with Kevin ‘Boxer’ Moran.
Warnings have been issued that parts of Cork city could be flooded between 8 and 9.30am this morning.
Objections about plans for the site have been made to An Bord Pleanála.
LIKE ALMOST EVERYTHING this year, Halloween in 2020 will be a bit different from usual.
Large scale fancy-dress parties shouldn’t be happening under Level 5.
One thing we can still do, however, is watch some horror films.
There’s plenty to choose from ranging between the child-friendly to the very scary ones available on streaming platforms and set to be shown on TV in the coming days.
So, this morning we’re asking you: Do you plan to watch some horror films this Halloween?
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