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Quiz: How much was spent on these Irish buildings and monuments?

Test your knowledge – before we start finding out the price of every pavement slab.

SKY-HIGH BILLS RACKED up by the State on public building projects dominated the political headlines this week.

Among the receipts discussed was the €2.2 billion on the National Children’s Hospital, the €336,000 on a bike shelter at Leinster House and the €1.429 million on a security hut at Government buildings.

But when did all these things get so expensive? And what’s next? Gold-plated benches in St Stephen’s Green?

See if you can guess how much was spent on these Irish buildings and monuments?

What was the cost to build the Dublin Convention Centre?
Alamy
£100,000,000
£104,000,000

£9,012,000
£2,112,000
How much did the Galway Cathedral cost?
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£600,000
£500,000

£1,000,000
£400,000
How much was spent building the GPO in Dublin in 1815?
Alamy
£40,000
£50,000

£20,000
£30,000
How much money was raised to commission Ballybunion's Bill Clinton statue?
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£11,200
£12,500

£9,360
£15,750
What was the cost of the Pro Cathedral?
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£30,000
£90,000

£45,000
£155,000
What was the price tag on Kilmainham Gaol?
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£30,550
£22,000

£15,000
£50,010
How much was spent on the Kindred Spirits sculpture, a tribute to the Choctaw Native American population, in Midleton, Co Cork?
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€120,000
€23,000

€51,000
€102,000
How much did the Tesco Distribution Centre in Donabate, Dublin - the 11th-most voluminous building in the world - sell for in 2019?
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€190,000,000
€160,000,000

€2,000,000
€10
How much was spent on the facelift for the Fair City set in 2019?
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€2,380,000
€1,233,000

€501,000
€54,000
What were the construction cost of the Poolbeg incinerator in Dublin?
Alamy
€600,000,000
€1,000,000,000

€500,000,000
€860,000,000
Answer all the questions to see your result!
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Comptroller & Auditor General
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Public Accounts Committee
You know your stuff, but need a bit of probing.
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Alamy
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Cheque Book
It seems like you might've lost this.
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Alamy
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Bust
You've only been left with an empty building site.
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