The cost of the Leinster House bike shed was "completely not acceptable" and "not consistent with the scale of the project", ...

A NEW BICYCLE shed for Leinster House which allows for storage of eighteen bikes cost more than €335,000. The shelter, which was hailed by Transport Minister Eamon Ryan as a good example of ...

The audit was commissioned by OPW Chairman John Conlon following public outrage over the cost of the structure, which was branded “inexplicable and inexcusable” by then-Taoiseach Simon Harris ...

The Meath West TD predicted taxpayers would see their money “frittered away over and over again” by the department.

PUBLIC confidence in the OPW is being eroded by a series of overspend scandals, it has been claimed following revelations that the State body spent nearly €500,000 on a wall. Reports this week ...

Fáilte Ireland has denied that Cork County Council spent €670,000 on a tourist information sign in Bantry. The purported spend had been likened to the €336,000 outlay on the Leinster House bicycle ...

More info The Office of Public Works (OPW) has paid more than €25,000 to consultants tasked with conducting an external audit of the €336,000 Leinster House bike shelter and advising the ...