October 1, 2015

Over 600 residents of the Dublin docklands apartment complex; Longboat Quay face evacuation from their homes today on the orders of Dublin Fire Brigade, unless they can fund €4 million of fire safety works.

The apartments built by developer Bernard McNamara on Sir John Rogerson’s Quay, were told that they needed to pay approximately €18,000 each in order to fix serious fire safety issues. These include problems with fire-stopping material in utility services linking apartments and the “compartmentalisation” of common areas to prevent the spread of fire.

For more information read the full article here: http://www.irishtimes.com/news/environment/docklands-residents-face-4m-bill-over-fire-risk-1.2371952