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Featured stories

  • Ireland’s state-owned historic buildings to benefit from research and training for improved energy efficiency
    Ireland’s state-owned historic buildings to benefit from research and training for improved energy ...

    Office of Public Works initiative sees experts receive training at Dublin Castle

  • Discover the Beauty in ‘What Remains’ Exhibition at Farmleigh, Dublin
    Discover the Beauty in ‘What Remains’ Exhibition at Farmleigh, Dublin

    Exhibition presents a vivid and thought-provoking look at landscapes in a precarious state of being

  • Seasonal Guides - Information Officers
    Seasonal Guides - Information Officers

    Our Guides represent the public face of the OPW, showcasing Ireland’s most important heritage sites

Consultations

  • Deele-Swilly Burn Arterial Drainage Scheme Sluice Rehabilitation Works

    17 January 2025

  • Maigue Outfall Catchment Drainage Scheme Embankment Maintenance Works

    7 October 2024

  • Public Consultation for Bank Protection Works on the Boyne Arterial Drainage Scheme

    10 September 2024

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Publications

  • OPW Technical Guidance: ‘Approaches to Improving the Energy Performance of Heritage Properties in State ...

    7 January 2025

  • OPW Statement on the Security Pavilion at Government Buildings

    27 September 2024

  • Review of the Covered Bicycle Parking Project

    25 September 2024

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Press releases

  • Ireland’s state-owned historic buildings to benefit from research and training for improved energy ...

    21 January 2025

  • Discover the Beauty in ‘What Remains’ Exhibition at Farmleigh, Dublin

    17 January 2025

  • Biophllia Talks return this January at the National Botanic Gardens, Dublin

    16 January 2025

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Ministers

Senior management

  • John Conlon

    Chairman

  • Robert Mooney (Commissioner)

    Head of Planning and Climate Adaptation

  • Jim Casey

    Head of Flood Risk Management

  • Rosemary Collier

    Head of Heritage Services and Capital Works Delivery

  • Pat Fitzsimons

    Acting Head of Corporate Services

  • Cathleen Morrison

    Head of Estate Management

About

The Office of Public Works (OPW) is an Irish government office whose primary function is to support the implementation of government policy. The OPW advises the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform and the Minister of State at that department, principally in the disciplines of property (including heritage properties) and flood risk management.

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Contacts

Office of Public Works

Address:
Jonathan Swift Street, Trim, Co Meath, C15 NX36
Website:
www.gov.ie/opw/
Email:
info@opw.ie
Phone number:
0469422000
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