More than €45,000 spent on new floor and painting a staircase at Dublin's Mansion House

25 layers of brown paint had to be stripped from the yew staircase before it was given a French polish

A city council spokesman said the Mansion House had been the official residence of Dublin’s lord mayor since 1715 and was a national monument. Picture: Gareth Chaney/Collins

More than €45,000 was spent fitting a new reception room floor and on the stripping and repainting of half a staircase at Dublin’s Mansion House.

Dublin City Council said it had spent just over €28,000 on the removal of two dozen layers of paint on the historic yew staircase of the lord mayor’s residence before giving it a French polish.