No sponsor to build €70m science museum

Just under €4.3m has been spent on the project to date. Picture: Sasko Lazarov

The head of the OPW has said while he understands its commitment to constructing a €70m children’s science museum in Dublin, no sponsoring body can be found to build it.

John Conlon, chair of the OPW, the state agency with responsibility for managing the country’s property portfolio, will on Thursday tell the Public Accounts Committee that in terms of the science museum, the OPW’s role is that of a contracting authority and nothing further, with no capacity to source funding to advance the project.