No Government funding to build €70m children’s museum planned for Christmas 2029

The planned National Children’s Science Centre. Picture: 3ddesignbureau.com

A €70m children’s science museum in Dublin is to be completed by Christmas 2029, despite there being no government funding to build it, the Irish Examiner has learned.

The OPW said a final arbitration decision between itself and the charity proposing the museum — known as Irish Children’s Museum Limited (ICML) — means “works shall be carried out and completed on or before December 25, 2029”, including time required to procure a contractor.