OPW staff have returned to work at Castletown House after an eighteen month absence, but service vehicles are still unable to access the site. Castletown House is owned by the State and its estate ...

Around €500,000 in damage has been caused to vehicles and facilities at a site used by the Office of Public Works to allow their staff to access Castletown House in Celbridge in Co Kildare.

The High Court will be asked on Monday to order the opening of gates erected at a disputed entrance to Castletown House where a row over public access has continued for over 18 months. Campaigners ...

Nearby Castletown House, one of the most architecturally significant Palladian-style country homes in Ireland, was closed in 2023 in a dispute over a right of access to its lands, which are a ...

OPW vehicles have been attacked and wrecked by vigilantes in an incident apparently linked to access to historic Castletown House in Celbridge. Confirming "a number of incidents" last weekend at ...

Yours, etc, Sir, – The doors of Castletown House, Co Kildare, the finest of the great country houses built in Ireland during the Georgian period, have been closed to visitors and most staff ...

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GARDAÍ ARE CURRENTLY investigating extensive criminal damage to vehicles and equipment at a site used by the Office of Public Works (OPW) near Castletown House in Celbridge, Co Kildare.

The property is used to transfer staff to and from Castletown House in Celbridge. Four vehicles were overturned, a construction vehicle was driven into a river and four CCTV towers on the site ...

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