€336k Leinster House bike shed built after TDs complained about 'inconvenience'

The head of the OPW said he is 'fully familiar with the real anger' among the public regarding the bike shelter

On Tuesday the head of the OPW said he is 'fully familiar with the real anger' among the public regarding the bike shelter, but denied there are other similar projects which have yet to come to light. Picture: Tadgh McNally

A €336,000 bike shed at Leinster House was constructed after a group of TDs wrote to the Oireachtas expressing the “real inconvenience and annoyance” over the lack of covered bicycle spaces on the campus.

Labour leader Ivana Bacik, on behalf of the Oireachtas members cyclists’ group, wrote to the House of the Oireachtas Commission in October 2020 describing the “real urgency” of encouraging more people to cycle to Leinster House, given the climate and the then covid crises.