This afternoon.
Oliver Bond Flats, The Liberties, Dublin 8.
Michael Conway shows mould on a wall in his flat as Oliver Bond House residents held a press conference voicing their concerns as a new survey revealed that 83% of the 1,200 residents are living with mould and damp and that nearly three quarters (74%) have drafts and poor insulation which make it ‘impossible to keep their homes warm’.
Residents have been told by Dublin City Council that it will be at least 15 years before they can expect completion of a long-promised regeneration programme.
Dublin residents campaign for better housing conditions (RTÉ)
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Classy building Ireland!
Why are we known all over the world for sending laborers to help build all kinds of buildings, grand homes, landmarks, and being famous for it, yet in Ireland we build utter rubbish for people to live in? Do only the worst builders stay here?
Mr O’Reilly from Faulty towers comes to mind.
If you visit The Empire State building in New York, the gallery is full of Irish builders photos who helped build it. I’ve seen similar stuff in other US cities too. It’s just confusing why standards are so bad in Ireland.
I saw that episode of Fawlty Towers recently, its kinda funny as its so cringey.
Lets face it, these people are poor, probably don’t vote FF, FG or Green; if they vote at all. So they are unimportant to those elites.
Those people should open the windows more often, and throw on a lick of paint.
Hydrogen peroxide. Few euro a bottle, kills it right off. Or you know , wait a few years for the council to come round and do it for you..
If it’s a badly built kip, ventilation won’t help and a lick of paint after cleaning will only mask the problem. Horrible that they have to live like this. We get poor value for our tax if that’s the best Dublin City Council can do.
These flats are actually very well built but they do need maintenance from time to time.
Similar flats on York Street with no issues.
Residents could do quite a bit to prevent these issues. In the middle of a housing crisis, where working people can’t afford a place in Dublin, my sympathy for the residents, in subsidised city centre housing, is extremely limited.