State agency mired in €335,000 bike-shelter controversy pulls out of process hours after advertising tender
The OPW has found itself in trouble over expenditure of €336,000 on a bicycle shelter at Leinster House Photograph: Sasko Lazarov/RollingNews.
On Thursday morning, the Office of Public Works placed a notice on the e-tender’s website inviting organisations “to submit proposals for advising and supporting the OPW’s communications, digital communications and public relations work”. In the documentation, the State agency told bidders to address four items and one was “to outline the opportunities and challenges facing the OPW concerning its public profile and reputation”.Leo Varadkar: ‘All trends point towards Irish unification in the next few decades’The documentation stated, “this should demonstrate an understanding of the OPW’s current operating environment, its remit, Government policy, key messages and complexity of its role”.
The Security hut which is between the Department of Finance and Government Buildings. Photograph Nick Bradshaw/The Irish Times
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