Newmarket-on-Fergus owners of pyrite homes afraid of becoming ‘homeless pensioners’
Clare homeowners whose houses are infected by pyrite have expressed their fear that they are going to become “homeless pensioners”.
Clare homeowners whose houses are infected by pyrite have expressed their fear that they are going to become “homeless pensioners”.
*Stephen and Michelle Mansfield at their Sixmilebridge home. Photograph: Joe Buckley A Sixmilebridge couple have described their devastation with the ongoing uncertainty surrounding the infestation of pyrite into their home.
A Clare TD has expressed concern with the growing scale of the county’s pyrite problem.
Hundreds more homes in Clare than what is known are believed to be affected by pyrite and defective blocks.
A review is to be completed by July 31st on the Defective Concrete Block Grant Scheme which has seriously impacted homes in Clare, Donegal and Mayo.
Two local authority built estates are believed to contain Pyrite defective blocks heightening concern that the issue in Co Clare is much bigger than anticipated.
Engagement is ongoing between the Irish Government and Clare County Council regarding the potential extension of the defective concrete blocks grants scheme to affected homes in Clare.
More than forty Clare homeowners are living in fear that their houses will crumble due to the presence of damaging materials in the building blocks used to construct them.