# opw - Tuesday 22 December, 2020
# Grand Stretch
# Grand Stretch
Weather conditions were better this morning as thousands of viewers tuned in from around the world.
# opw - Friday 30 October, 2020
# Phoenix Park
# Phoenix Park
The gates will close as normal at 11pm on Fridays and reopen at 7am on Mondays.
# opw - Friday 24 July, 2020
# Tourism
# Tourism
The government hopes this will help to encourage people to take trips within Ireland.
# opw - Sunday 21 June, 2020
# Phoenix Park
# Phoenix Park
There are plans for 33 semi-detached houses and a four-storey apartment block near the Phoenix Park.
# opw - Wednesday 17 June, 2020
# Banks Of The Lee
# Banks Of The Lee
Cork controversy throws up major questions about how Ireland approaches flooding relief in the face of growing climate change threat.
# opw - Friday 5 June, 2020
# Dublin
# Dublin
Many gates in the park were closed in March following the introduction of Covid-19 restrictions.
# opw - Tuesday 19 May, 2020
# OPW
# OPW
The OPW closed most of its sites to the public following public health advice as Ireland worked to limit the spread of Covid-19.
# opw - Friday 14 February, 2020
# Billed Gates
# Billed Gates
The Office of Public Works hopes the gates will be rehung by the end of this year.
# opw - Thursday 13 February, 2020
# Under Control
# Under Control
Companies were called more than 50 times by the OPW over a two-year period.
# opw - Wednesday 25 December, 2019
# Charlie Flanagan
# Charlie Flanagan
The minister wanted to have the deer relocated to a 250-acre estate in Laois.
# opw - Thursday 21 November, 2019
# OPW
# OPW
There are currently around 600 fallow deer in Phoenix Park.
# opw - Monday 30 September, 2019
# Finances
# Finances
This follows the publication of the 2018 annual report of the Comptroller and Auditor General (C&AG) today.
# opw - Saturday 28 September, 2019
# Pulling In The Crowds
# Pulling In The Crowds
Kilkenny, Dublin and Wicklow had the top three most visited attractions last year.
# opw - Saturday 21 September, 2019
# OPW
# OPW
We toured what was once a British ammunitions store, and which since the 1980s has fallen into disrepair.
# opw - Saturday 7 September, 2019
# OPW
# OPW
The gates were taken down in August 2018 ahead of Pope Francis’s visit to Ireland.
# opw - Monday 2 September, 2019
# Noteworthy
# Noteworthy
Ten sites purchased as part of the doomed decentralisation plan of 2003 remain in state hands more than a decade later.
# opw - Friday 23 August, 2019
# Noteworthy
# Noteworthy
Just over two-thirds of the buildings are former garda stations that were shut as part of a policing plan in 2012 and 2013.
# opw - Friday 26 July, 2019
# In Rude Health
# In Rude Health
The OPW said the piece has been moved into an individual office now after “an objection” to the artwork.
# opw - Friday 31 May, 2019
# Dublin's Green Lung
# Dublin's Green Lung
planned, designated parking areas could improve congestion when huge events like Bloom are held in the park, the summary said.
# opw - Wednesday 8 May, 2019
# Dublin 9
# Dublin 9
The OPW brought up issues with the scale of the proposed development at the site of a former car dealership on Glasnevin Hill.
# opw - Monday 8 April, 2019
# Too Expensive
# Too Expensive
The watch, believed to be worth close to €8,000, may be sold and the money used for charitable purposes.
# opw - Sunday 3 February, 2019
# Deery Me
# Deery Me
Annual culls are carried out by the OPW to manage the number of wild deer in the park.
# opw - Thursday 22 November, 2018
# Breakdown
# Breakdown
As of 1 November, the OPW had spent €15,754,639.37 on the visit of Pope Francis to Ireland.
# opw - Thursday 11 October, 2018
# Status Orange
# Status Orange
A Status Orange warning takes effect in 13 counties tonight as gusts of up to 130 km/h are expected along Irish coasts.
# Banana Maths
# Banana Maths
The Comptroller and Auditor General recently revealed that the wrong rate of rent had been paid on the vacant building.
# opw - Saturday 29 September, 2018
# Miesian Plaza
# Miesian Plaza
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.
# opw - Wednesday 29 August, 2018
# Sambo Heaven
# Sambo Heaven
The OPW was responding to a caller on RTÉ’s Liveline who spotted catering staff throwing out unopened sandwiches behind the food stalls.
# opw - Tuesday 3 July, 2018
# Holy Water
# Holy Water
Dublin is under a hosepipe ban.
# opw - Friday 25 May, 2018
# Count Day
# Count Day
In 2015, large crowds congregated in the space for the Marriage Equality count results.
# opw - Thursday 19 April, 2018
# Independent Alliance
# Independent Alliance
An internal dispute arose over whether Seán Canney would take back over the role.
# opw - Friday 30 March, 2018
# Training College
# Training College
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.
# opw - Tuesday 6 February, 2018
# Cull
# Cull
A total of 203 deer were shot by the marksman as part of eight culls carried out in 2016 and 2017.
# opw - Thursday 4 January, 2018
# Dunbeg Fort
# Dunbeg Fort
The site is precariously placed on a cliff edge.
# opw - Monday 18 December, 2017
# Streamed Live
# Streamed Live
And without having to leave your home.
# opw - Sunday 10 December, 2017
# Pope Plans
# Pope Plans
Phoenix Park is on course to host the Pontiff for his farewell Mass during his visit next August.
# opw - Wednesday 8 November, 2017
# Emergency Planning
# Emergency Planning
Ministers were giving their annual ‘Winter Ready’ update today. We appear to have plenty of salt.
# opw - Friday 28 April, 2017
# Loreto Hall
# Loreto Hall
The new hotel is to be built on the site of a former ‘young ladies’ hostel.
# opw - Friday 14 April, 2017
# Ireland's Ancient East
# Ireland's Ancient East
It’s one of a number of locations to receive funding thanks to Fáilte Ireland.
# opw - Saturday 11 February, 2017
# Rotating Ministry
# Rotating Ministry
The TDs flipped a coin last year to decide who would take the first shift as junior minister.
# opw - Sunday 5 February, 2017
# Trading Places
# Trading Places
OPW junior minister Sean Canney will be rotating the ministry with Kevin ‘Boxer’ Moran.
A soaking rain; watch for flooding
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Min: 4 °C
Partly sunny and chilly with a shower
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