Family forced to flee their Letterkenny home for Christmas

A Letterkenny family are being forced to flee their home this Christmas because of the devastating impact that mica has had on their home. Sharon Moss (pictured above), who lives in The Grange, Letterkenny, said her family have made the decision to move to rented accommodation in Rathmullan for the festive period, so they can have Christmas dinner together.

Sharon Moss said they will spend €800 on accommodation for Christmas, this year. She said: “This is the kitchen table. We haven’t sat here for a year. We did it last year too - just for a week so the family can sit down and have dinner. We can’t sit in this kitchen,” she said. 

The mother-of-two said her family has been devastated by mica. They began to notice cracks in the kitchen nineteen years ago and the impact can be clearly be seen both inside and outside of the Glencar home. 

Her eldest son, Joshua, is a student at University of Galway and when he comes home he can’t sleep in his own room. Sharon said the 19-year-old student has to sleep on the couch in the sitting room as he has done for some time as he cannot sleep in his own bedroom. 

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“Whenever he tells me he isn’t coming home I think thank goodness,” Sharon said. 

A three-day conference, The Science and Societal Impacts of Defective Concrete, began in Letterkenny on Tuesday and a visit was made to the Glencar home as part of the event.