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# OPW

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# surplus structures
How many vacant public buildings do we have?
We’ve had a raft of garda station closures over the last few years, but what’s the national picture like at the moment?
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Jul 13th 2014, 8:45 AM
# Lia Fáil
The famous standing stone on the Hill of Tara was vandalised last night
The criminal damage has been widely condemned today.
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May 29th 2014, 3:20 PM
# Sold
Tesco buys Cabra site from the State for €1.7 million
The 0.69 acre site on the Navan Road was no longer required by the Department of Social Protection.
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Apr 19th 2014, 7:45 AM
Voices
Column: Here's where we can make cuts – and savings! – that won’t hurt services, jobs or salaries
Cutting costly emissions from thousands of public buildings would help the environment and save Ireland €200m a year – without requiring a single job loss.
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Apr 16th 2014, 8:00 AM
# OPW
Iconic Battle of Clontarf painting to be unveiled later today
The massive 3 x 2 metre painting depicts the 1014 battle, in which Brian Boru was killed.
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Apr 4th 2014, 7:30 AM
# put a ring on it
You can now get married at seven heritage sites in Ireland (including the Blasket Islands)
Ceide Fields, anyone?
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Mar 21st 2014, 12:30 PM
# ring on it
Want to get married here? The OPW wants to open up historical sites for weddings
If you could get married anywhere in Ireland, where would it be?
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Feb 13th 2014, 2:20 PM
# Thrifty
How much did the EU presidency cost Ireland? Less than expected, actually
Nearly €70 million less than last time.
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Jan 29th 2014, 3:59 PM
# State Papers
Haughey government decided ministers should get a safe and shredder in their homes
If they required them, that is. The Fine Gael-led coalition tried to get them back in 1983 after they came to power.
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Dec 31st 2013, 5:00 PM
# Heritage
OPW to give leases on heritage sites to private companies
Minister Brian Hayes stressed today that the businesses will have to be “in keeping with the heritage and with the recreational nature of the sites”.
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Nov 25th 2013, 10:03 AM
# Sligo
OPW hands former Ballymote Garda station over to local community
An art-deco building that was closed in 2009 will be licensed to local community groups.
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Nov 1st 2013, 6:15 AM
# Brian Cowen
Formal Cowen portrait could cost up to €10,000
Portraits of each Taoiseach, President and Chief Justice are commissioned by the State as a matter of course.
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Oct 2nd 2013, 6:45 AM
# Kilmainham
Courts Service hands keys of Kilmainham Courthouse over to OPW
The courthouse is expected to expand visitor numbers to Kilmainham Gaol.
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Jul 29th 2013, 8:22 PM
# Brian Hayes
The OPW is going to take an inventory of everything owned by the State
Minister of State Brian Hayes hopes to have details on every building, every piece of land and every table and chair owned by the State to be online by the beginning of next year.
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Jul 29th 2013, 6:45 AM
# Dignitaries
Just 11 heads of state have stayed in Farmleigh in four and a half years
The estate in the Phoenix Park has cost the state €39million in operational costs since 2001.
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Jul 12th 2013, 1:02 PM
# over to you
Open thread: What should we do with all the empty garda stations?
Your suggestions please…
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Jul 4th 2013, 8:15 PM
# MCD
Phoenix Park concerts given go-ahead, subject to strict new conditions
It follows widespread criticism of the security operation at last year’s show by Swedish House Mafia.
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Jul 2nd 2013, 8:40 AM
# Situations Vacant
The government owns 203 empty buildings
The majority of the buildings are recently closed garda stations, says Minister of State Brian Hayes.
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Jun 29th 2013, 8:30 AM
# JFK 50
“The Kennedys were more than emigrants” – 50 years on, Wexford remembers JFK
Thousands of people are attending events in New Ross today to mark JFK’s visit to the town half a century ago.
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Jun 22nd 2013, 9:20 PM
# Pretty Vacant
Why is a former AIB building bought by the State ten years ago still empty? – Patrick Nulty TD asks
The building was bought over a decade ago at a cost of almost €1.5 million by the taxpayer for use by the Probation and Welfare Service – but has lain empty ever since because the service declined to relocate there.
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Jun 13th 2013, 10:00 PM
# Not the News
Here is the week's news... skewed
Breaking via The Mire wire: RTE stars confused by Pope’s message of humility, and Office of Public Works ‘may never know’ the source of the Cork floods.
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Mar 23rd 2013, 10:00 AM
# Green Light
27 Irish landmarks going green for St Patrick's Festival
Castles, memorials and at least one Government department will get the green light from 14 to 18 March.
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Mar 6th 2013, 11:16 AM
# footprint
State has 'saved €5.3m' on rent in 2012
OPW has been reducing office space and car spaces as number of State employees leave the fold – cutting cost of rented offices by one-third since 2008.
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Nov 24th 2012, 8:00 AM
# Closure
Pics: Government publications sales office closes today
No more queues for tribunal reports or the latest CSO stats.
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Nov 23rd 2012, 9:06 AM
# phoenix park 350
In pics: Marking the 350th anniversary of Phoenix Park
The pen and ink drawings by the Irish artist Sheelagh Duff are part of a free exhibition in the Phoenix Park until the end of November.
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Oct 29th 2012, 8:30 AM
# flood insurance
Irish Insurance Federation before committee over flood insurance failures
Representatives from the IIF were before the Joint Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht today.
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Sep 25th 2012, 6:14 PM
# Motor racing
More than 60,000 expected to hit Phoenix Park Motor Races this weekend
This weekend will mark the 110th anniversary of the very first motor racing event at the park.
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Aug 17th 2012, 7:15 AM
# MCD
MCD ‘should face ban on similar music events until it answers SHM Garda report’
Dublin councillor Mary Fitzpatrick, head of a joint policing committee, calls on OPW junior minister to force response from concert promoter on Swedish House Mafia debacle.
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Aug 3rd 2012, 9:57 AM
# Young offenders
OPW launches tender process for new child detention facility
Government announced earlier this year it would provide €50m in funding to end practice of detaining teenage offenders at adult prisons.
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Jul 31st 2012, 10:18 AM
# Treetment Required
Concern for ‘distressed’ tree at Leinster House
A Dublin South TD has asked the Government what it is doing to save the plane tree.
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Jul 11th 2012, 6:30 AM
# Awwww
PHOTOS: Dublin Zoo's new elephant is the largest animal in the zoo
The new elephant is 3 metres tall and weights over 6,000 kgs. Yowza.
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Jul 9th 2012, 4:45 PM
# Flooding
Bandon to get 100-year flood protection
A €10 million scheme for the Cork town was revealed yesterday.
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Jun 12th 2012, 11:58 AM
# Parking
Government paying €10m a year on parking for public servants
OPW says that renting a Dublin parking space costs the state an average €2,428 a year.
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Apr 24th 2012, 4:21 PM
# Handover
Former Dublin Garda station leased to childcare company
Minister of State Brian Hayes said that he was open to leasing other State properties to businesses and the community.
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Mar 26th 2012, 3:27 PM
# Heritage
OPW enlisting voluntary groups to develop heritage sites
Brian Hayes said the OPW does not have the resources to exploit the historical sites’ full potential for tourists.
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Mar 12th 2012, 10:34 AM
# Referendum
OPW says call for referendum ballot papers is just 'forward planning'
A tender has been published looking for someone to print 3.8 million referendum ballot papers – but it’s not for a particular vote.
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Jan 18th 2012, 4:35 PM
Evening Wrap
The 5 at 5 5 minutes, 5 stories, 5 o’clock…
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Dec 23rd 2011, 4:56 PM
# Floods
Government may offer humanitarian aid to flood victims
Brian Hayes has said the Government would look at providing assistance – but it’s not yet clear what form this could take.
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Oct 26th 2011, 11:26 AM
# OPW
Ghost town: 3 unusual places you can visit for nothing today
All the OPW’s visitor sites are free to enter today. They include the usual big names – plus some altogether stranger…
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Jul 6th 2011, 11:09 AM
Good Morning
The 9 at 9 Nine things to know this morning…
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