Coat rails and clocking in: Health officials resisting move to lavish €100m HQ

Employees raise concerns about safety of personal items at new Baggot Street base; coat rails and clocking-in facilities are among chief bones of contention

A dispute over the location of coat rails and staff clocking-in facilities is holding up the Department of Health’s move to a plush new central Dublin office, in a stand-off that has highlighted the grip of mandarins over the public sector.

The Department, which is currently embattled over its handling of the cervical cancer crisis, has been attempting to move from the dilapidated Hawkins House to a completely refurbished €100 million office block ...