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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

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Defective block scheme families struggle for help yet council staff are available for planning meetings claims councillor

How was Donegal County Council able to provide staff to deal with planning queries by phone or in person at clinics yet help for families struggling to deal with mica and defective block schemes was not available? The question was raised at the ...

29 Sept 2022 at 19:15

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

100% Redress Party to hold information evenings after election green light

The 100% Redress Party is to hold a series of information evenings in Donegal after being registered by the Electoral Commission. The party was approved by the Electoral Commission earlier this month to contest county council, ...

14 Oct 2023 at 12:43

Local News

Sinn Féin Ard Fheis asked to copper fasten commitment to deliver 100% Redress

Sinn Féin Cumann in Buncrana will submit a motion at the Sinn Féin Ard Fheis to ensure 100% redress for those living in homes with defective blocks. In advance of the Sinn Féin Ard Fheis, which will take place on November ...

02 Nov 2023 at 17:42

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 ...

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. ...

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 ...

09 Jul 2024 at 14:25

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MEP Mullooly to push European Commission regarding the defective blocks crisis

Midlands North-West MEP Ciaran Mullooly is pressing the European Commission to urgently advance its infringement proceedings against the Irish Government over its handling of the defective concrete ...

30 Aug 2025 at 18:06

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