Government Buildings, Dublin

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Government Buildings, Dublin is a prominent complex of state offices on Merrion Street that houses key Irish government departments and the offices of the Taoiseach.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf government building complex
state office complex
alsoKnownAs Government Buildings
Rialtas na hÉireann Buildings
architect Sir Aston Webb
Sir Thomas Newenham Deane
Thomas Manly Deane
architecturalStyle neoclassical architecture
category Buildings and structures in Dublin
Government buildings in Ireland
Seats of national government
completionDate 1922
constructionStartDate 1904
contains Cabinet room of the Government of Ireland
press briefing room of the Government of Ireland
coordinates 53.339°N 6.252°W
country Ireland
currentFunction complex of Irish state offices
faces Merrion Square
function administrative centre of the Irish Government
governingBody Department of the Taoiseach
hasAddress Merrion Street Upper, Dublin 2, Ireland
hasFeature central courtyard
colonnaded façade
domed entrance block
houses Department of Finance (Ireland)
Department of Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform
Department of the Taoiseach
Government Secretariat
Office of the Attorney General (Ireland)
Office of the Taoiseach
locatedIn Dublin
Dublin 2
city centre of Dublin
locatedOn Merrion Street
maintainedBy Office of Public Works
material Portland stone
granite
near Leinster House
National Gallery of Ireland
National Museum of Ireland – Archaeology
originalFunction Dublin offices of the British Government
Royal College of Science for Ireland
ownedBy Office of Public Works
owner Government of Ireland
significantEvent adaptation for use by the Irish Free State government after 1922
style Beaux-Arts architecture
usedBy Government of Ireland

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Leinster House adjacentTo Government Buildings, Dublin
subject linked to: Leinster House, Dublin
Albert Reynolds residenceWhileInOffice Government Buildings, Dublin
Taoiseach of Ireland residence Government Buildings, Dublin
Taoiseach of Ireland officeLocation Government Buildings, Merrion Street, Dublin
linked to: Government Buildings, Dublin
Irish Free State Executive Council meetsAt Government Buildings, Dublin
Kildare Street near Government Buildings, Dublin
Tánaiste of Ireland officeLocation Government Buildings, Dublin