Received 24 February 2026
Decided 25 March 2026
Part-Granted
Request Reference CCS-FOI-2026-0055
Requester Type Journalist
Department of Culture, Communications and Sport

Records relating to the Irish Rugby Experience (IRE) Building.Specifically I seek:All written and digital correspondence and communications between the Minister, his advisers, and Departmental officials on the one hand; and JP McMcManus, the JP McManus foundation, the operating company for IRE, Limerick City and County Council, its elected members and officials on the other. All correspondence on the above matter with any other party. All internal records relating to the offer of the IRE building as a gift to the State, and evaluations thereof.March 2024 to present.