Dempsey’s headquarters to get €24m revamp

PARENTS and teachers have demanded more money for schools after the Government spent €24 million on improving the Department of Education’s headquarters

The Office of Public Works is spending almost €6.6 million on conservation work at Tyrone House, which houses Education Minister Noel Dempsey’s office.

A €17 million project completed on the site last year restored a three-storey fire-damaged building and created three new office blocks, with Minister of State Síle de Valera’s office in one of them.