Councils build on civic pride - Irish Architectural News

The Sunday Times

If it wasn't for the public sector, architecture in Ireland would be in dire straits — a stunted profession with little of value to show for itself. That's the plain truth of the Irish Architecture Awards 2003, announced this week. We might be in the mood for government-bashing, but of the 20 award-winning buildings in the republic this year, 12, ranging in scale from public toilets at a beach in Co Louth to the multiple award-winning Offaly County Hall in Tullamore, were commissioned by central or local government. The Action on Architecture programme is delivering the goods

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