No to penalties for defective apartments – report
An independent report on defective apartments built during the Celtic Tiger period –commissioned by Minister for Housing Darragh O’Brien in 2021 and published yesterday – finds that it would not be feasible to penalise the companies involved. Furthermore, an industry levy is ill-advised as it would include innocent parties, attract legal issues, and impact current construction costs. Séamus Neely, Chairperson, Working Group to Examine Defects in Housing, in his executive…