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Donegal County Council has been requested to put staff in place in each electoral district to facilitate people associated with the council-administered Defective Concrete Blocks Grant Scheme. The issue was raised By Cllr Martin McDermott at ...

07 Apr 2022 at 17:33

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Homeowner representatives excluded by Housing Minister

Despite assurances from Housing Minister, Darragh O’Brien that homeowner representatives would have a seat at the table of the expert / stakeholder groups working on the revised defective concrete blocks scheme, no invitation has been ...

25 Feb 2022 at 18:40

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Jeremy Corbyn calls for 100% redress

Jeremy Corbyn has called for 100% redress for homeowners affected by deleterious materials and sulphide minerals. The former British Labour party leader was speaking at a press conference in Derry's Ráth Mór Centre, in Creggan, as ...

28 Jan 2022 at 19:22

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Elderly Inishowen couple left in mica limbo over redress

With the eagerly anticipated Society of Chartered Surveyors Ireland (SCSI) report on construction costs for the defective concrete block scheme announced on Thursday, Inish Live spoke to a couple, aged 66 and 71 respectively, who ...

05 Mar 2022 at 18:00

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No firm for mica house purchase review

Donegal County Council has been unable to secure an external firm to undertake the promised review of the file into the purchase of five houses in Buncrana which contain mica. The houses at An Crannla were purchased by the ...

06 Apr 2022 at 16:22

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Only seven 'mica' houses fixed fully

Only seven mica-affected houses have been fully remediated since the opening of the Donegal County Council administered redress scheme in January 2020, it has been revealed. The statistic, which emerged at a meeting of ...

27 Apr 2022 at 09:45

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New mica scheme 'unworkable'

“Anyone who is not affected will be thinking, 'What a great deal' but, as a pensioner who owns a mica-affected home, I feel very worried. This was the view of one Inishowen homeowner regarding the recently published ...

25 Mar 2022 at 13:46

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Council to test 1990s 'mica' houses before sales

Donegal County Council has agreed a protocol aimed at reducing the backlog of tenants wishing to buy council houses after purchases were suspended over 'mica'. As a result of the ongoing defective concrete blocks ...

28 Apr 2022 at 11:48

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Inishowen house purchase clarification needed

Former Inishowen municipal district cathaoirleach, Councillor Albert Doherty (Sinn Féin), has sought clarification from Donegal County Council regarding its controversial purchase of five mica-affected houses in ...

25 Feb 2022 at 17:27

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'It seems like a vendetta by the Housing Department against the homeowners' - Mica Action Group

The Mica Action Group said homeowners were completely excluded from the drafting of the Society of Chartered Surveyors of Ireland (SCSI) terms of reference for the organisation's report on construction costs ...

11 Feb 2022 at 12:37

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Inishowen developer pressuring Council on mica house purchase

A developer was pressuring Donegal County Council to increase the agreed asking price for five mica-affected houses in Inishowen even as negotiations on their sale were nearing completion. It remains ...

06 Jan 2022 at 14:30

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'What is there to hide?' - Homeowner

'What is there to hide?' This was the reaction of 'mica' affected homeowner, Roisin Gallagher, reflecting on Taoiseach Micheál Martin's comment he would have to consider “very seriously” whether or ...

18 May 2022 at 14:00

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