OPW did not seek legal advice on costs of abandoning €70m children's science museum

A visualisation of the proposed national children’s science centre. Picture: 3ddesignbureau.com

The Office of Public Works has never sought legal advice to calculate the cost of walking away from the controversial €70m national children’s science museum project, despite the build languishing for more than 20 years.

Chair of the OPW John Conlon, when asked at the Public Accounts Committee if the State might cut its losses on the project which no department wishes to build, replied: “We have not considered that at this stage."