Annual Report 2005 - The Office of Public Works

Facilities and Event Management
Dublin Castle.
The Dublin Castle Conference facilities and the visitor services in the Dublin Castle
complex generally had a very busy year in 2005. 501 separate events took place in the
complex and 151,080 people visited the State Apartments, participating in approximately
6,500 individual guided tours.
As usual, the nature of the events held in the Castle complex was varied and included
State dinners, international conferences, music concerts and art exhibitions. The total
attendance at these events was in the region of 55,000.
The aforementioned event management and visitor services functions are a central part of
the work undertaken by the OPW staff in Dublin Castle. The Dublin Castle management
team also provide a full property management service to all the occupants of the Dublin
Castle complex and the successful performance of this aspect of their work continued in
2005.
The Royal Hospital, Kilmainham (RHK)
The OPW Facilities and Event Management Unit support, in association with the Irish
Museum of Modern Art (IMMA), the conference and event management operation at the
prestige RHK venue. The RHK had a very successful year in 2005 hosting 90 events
during the year with a total attendance of approximately 20,024 people
Farmleigh
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Farmleigh played host to a number of important State visits during 2005 including
residential stays by Heads of State and leading dignitaries from Japan, Canada, Hungary
and Bulgaria.