But (largely because we’d like to live here)…

Cormac Power writes:

I know this is not your usual thing, but perhaps you could help out a long term reader currently in the Solomon Islands; My widowed mother is being forced to remove the passion of her life, a beautiful log cabin in Glenmalure Co. Wicklow (above due to Draconian planning demands, it will break her heart, but she cannot fight the decision any longer. I would really appreciate it. If anyone knows of somebody with a plot who wants a 2-bedroomed house to put on it, this is a fantastic one (details here). My mother has to have it down by the start of July, but it can be stored until it’s needed.