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Jul 6 2023
‘Don’t let Clare DAY TO REMEMBER Pyrite suppliers off the hook’ by Páraic McMahon paraic@clareecho.ie
CLARE’S inclusion in an enhanced defective concrete block (DCB) grant scheme has been approved and now the focus needs to shift to the companies who sold the crumbling blocks according to devastated homeowners. This week after three years of lobbying for inclusion, Clare was finally included in an enhanced DCB scheme by Minister for Housing, Darragh O’Brien (FF). More than 1000 properties and premises in Clare are understood to have pyrite in the county including a Council built estate and Shannon Garda Station.
Co-founder of the Clare Pyrite Action Group, Dr Martina Cleary said the companies responsible for selling the defective blocks must be pursued, “It’s very important that the people did this are not left off the hook. We’re paying for our houses twice, we pay taxes, there’s shortfall in the scheme, the companies behind this should be paying”. Deputy Cathal Crowe (FF) maintained, “It’s important that the government accelerate plans to take a landmark legal case against the manufacturers and suppliers of defective blocks. It is right that the state should now foot the bill for redress but ultimately those who manufactured and sold these blocks must be held responsible”. More on Page 8
lColm Cleary is congratulated by loved ones after O’Callaghan’s Mills claimed the Clare Cup Photo by Ruth Griffin