Restoration and Reinstatement of Phoenix Park Gates
January Update on Works Following a competitive tendering process conducted through eTenders, the Office of Government Procurement’s (OGP) official website, the Office of Public Works has awarded the contract for the restoration of eight historic gates in the Phoenix...
Minister Moran congratulates The Phoenix Park on its Award in Irish Independent 2019 Reader Travel Awards
Mr. Kevin 'Boxer' Moran T.D., Minister of State for the Office of Public Works (OPW) and Flood Relief today congratulated the Phoenix Park on its award for Ireland’s Favourite Local Attraction in the Irish Independent 2019 Reader Travel Awards. The OPW were excited to...
OPW’s Phoenix Park wins prestigious Gold International Large Parks Award
At a presentation ceremony last night, the OPW was presented with the Gold International Large Parks Award for the Phoenix Park. The Phoenix Park in Dublin is one of only two parks in the world to receive a prestigious Gold Award in the Inaugural International Large...
OPW honours those who died on RMS Leinster with Commemoration Ceremony in Grangegorman Military Cemetery.
On Thursday 11 October at 11am, the OPW will hold an Act of Remembrance at the Grangegorman Military Cemetery followed by the opening of an exhibition at the Phoenix Park Visitor Centre to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the RMS Leinster and to...
OPW announces the lighting up of the Iconic Phoenix Column in the Phoenix Park
The Office of Public Works (OPW) is delighted to announce the lighting of the Phoenix Column on Chesterfield Avenue in the Phoenix Park. Mrs. Sabina Higgins, wife of President Michael D. Higgins, and who inspired the initiative, will officiate at the lighting...
OPW promises a ‘Buzzing Time’ at the Honey Show
The Office of Public Works (OPW) is delighted to announce that the Annual Phoenix Park Honey Show, in association with the Federation of Irish Bee Keepers Associations (F.I.B.K.A.) will take place on Sunday, 9 September 2018 from 11am in the Phoenix Park Visitor...
Phoenix Park open to Public as clean up following Papal mass is complete
The Phoenix Park reopened to the public at 4pm today, 15 hours ahead of schedule following an extensive overnight clean-up operation.Over 200 litter pickers worked through the night to clean up all public routes. The gates have been put back in place as has road...
New Exhibition chronicling the visit of Pope John Paul II to the Phoenix Park in 1979
A new exhibition which chronicles the preparations for the Visit of Pope John Paul II to the Phoenix Park in 1979 will be launched by Archbishop Diarmuid Martin in the Phoenix Park Visitor Centre on Wednesday the 1st of August at 11am. The exhibition will also...
Temporary Road Closures for restoration of gate entrances and associated infrastructural works
The Office of Public Works (OPW) is taking the opportunity to restore and conserve a number of the entrances to the Phoenix Park as part of the preparatory works for the visit of Pope Francis for the World Meeting of Families 2018. These conservation works which have...
OPW’s Phoenix Park wins prestigious Gold International Large Parks Award
The Phoenix Park in Dublin is one of only two parks in the world to receive a prestigious Gold Award in the Inaugural International Large Urban Parks Awards organised by World Urban Parks based in Canada. The awards recognise the quality of Parks across the globe, the...