Search

06 Sept 2025

PHOTOS: Vehicles overturned and CCTV wires cut as gardaí probe €500k damage at OPW site

Gardaí are investigating an incident of criminal damage at the site and their enquiries are ongoing

PHOTOS: Vehicles overturned and CCTV wires cut as gardaí probe €500k damage at OPW site

Four vehicles were overturned, a construction vehicle was driven into a river, and wires on four CCTV units were cut

Around €500,000 in damage has been caused to vehicles and facilities at a site used by the Office of Public Works in Co Kildare.

Four vehicles were overturned, a construction vehicle was driven into a river, and wires on four CCTV units were cut on the lands of Donaghcumper House over the Bank Holiday weekend.

The site is used as a base to transport staff to Castletown House in OPW vehicles.

Castletown House and estate has been at the centre of an 18-month-long row between locals and the OPW about access to the heritage site.

Gardaí are investigating an incident of criminal damage at the site and their enquiries are ongoing.

Minister of State with responsibility for the Office of Public Works, Kevin 'Boxer' Moran, described the incident as "shocking and unacceptable".

"This criminal damage to State property owned and managed by the OPW is shocking and unacceptable. A garda investigation is under way."

READ MORE | Search for woman (43) missing from home for over a week stood down as gardaí issue update

To continue reading this article,
please subscribe and support local journalism!


Subscribing will allow you access to all of our premium content and archived articles.

Subscribe

To continue reading this article for FREE,
please kindly register and/or log in.


Registration is absolutely 100% FREE and will help us personalise your experience on our sites. You can also sign up to our carefully curated newsletter(s) to keep up to date with your latest local news!

Register / Login

Buy the e-paper of the Donegal Democrat, Donegal People's Press, Donegal Post and Inish Times here for instant access to Donegal's premier news titles.

Keep up with the latest news from Donegal with our daily newsletter featuring the most important stories of the day delivered to your inbox every evening at 5pm.