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Inishowen MD

Eoin Ó Broin promises ‘accessible 100% redress scheme’ during Inishowen visit

Sinn Féin’s spokesperson on housing Eoin Ó Broin has met with defective block homeowners in Inishowen. During the visit, he reaffirmed the party’s commitment to delivering “a real, accessible 100% redress scheme”. He also met with local Sinn Féin ...

29 Jan 2024 at 10:25

Inishowen MD

100% Redress Party express concern over remediation options

The 100% Redress Party has said it is extremely concerned about the remediation options recommended by engineers employed by defective block homeowners, being downgraded by independent engineers engaged by the Housing Agency. The reasons cited ...

16 Jul 2024 at 13:59

Local News

Government must commence defective blocks act now - Pringle

The Government has been told to start implementing the defective blocks act, "rushed through the Dáil last year". Deputy Thomas Pringle told Tánaiste Micheál Martin in the Dáil today that his “constituents in Donegal are at their wits’ end ...

02 Feb 2023 at 14:33

Local News

100% Redress Party concerned that engineers ‘are being ignored’ by Housing Agency

The 100% Redress Party has called for a meeting with the Housing Agency amid concerns that engineers’ recommendations for properties affected by defective concrete are being ignored. The new political party says it has received reports ...

20 Feb 2024 at 11:54

Local News

Dáil debate on defective blocks legislation is ‘a total farce’ says Donegal TD

Independent TD for Donegal, Thomas Pringle, condemned the Government for failing to listen to mica-affected homeowners, as he called Thursday’s debate on defective block legislation “a total farce”. Addressing the Dáil on Thursday, ...

01 Jul 2022 at 11:15

Local News

Government urged to take defective blocks research seriously

The Mica Action Group is demanding that newly published research that has found that the mineral pyrrhotite and not mica is the cause of the defective blocks crisis in the county be factored into the remediation solutions for ...

23 Mar 2023 at 10:11

Local News

Mica meets biting satire

The mica scandal has been extensively covered in the local and national media, with affected families garnering international support. It is now the subject of biting satire on the Waterford Whispers News site. Shared ...

06 Jun 2021 at 21:48

Local News

McDermott and Devine take roles on Enhanced Defective Block Grant Scheme Committee

Councillor Martin McDermott was elected Chairperson of the Enhanced Defective Block Grant Scheme Committee on Donegal County Council on Monday. McDermott, of Fianna Fáil, was proposed by Sinn Féin’s Gerry McMonagle ...

09 Jul 2024 at 14:25

Pictures & Videos

WATCH: Mica and Me by Aoife (13)

Watch the story of 13-year-old Aoife Mc Laughlin from the Isle of Dough, Inishowen, Donegal, who had to move out of her mica-affected home with her family as it was too dangerous to stay. The walls were crumbling ...

06 Jun 2021 at 14:48

Local News

Mica Redress Committee backs Working Group position paper

The final Defective Blocks Working Group Position report of the Donegal Family Representatives has been endorsed at a meeting of Donegal County Council's Mica Redress Committee. The extremely fractious online ...

23 Sept 2021 at 15:30

Local News

'Government in first gear, mica homeowners in overdrive'

The deadline for the final report of the Defective Blocks Working Group has been extended to September 30, amid claims its Donegal County Council representative has contributed “little or nothing” to the ...

05 Aug 2021 at 19:15

Politics

Ward defeated in Dáil on motion to reform Defective Concrete Redress Scheme

A motion tabled in the Dáil by Deputy Charles Ward to reform the Defective Concrete Redress Scheme was defeated by the government. The motion was shaped by the lived experiences of homeowners from ...

16 Oct 2025 at 12:30

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