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Updated, 12.22
DUBLIN CITY COUNCIL is to appeal a High Court order forcing it to cover the cost of accommodating the former residents at the Priory Hall apartment complex in donaghmede.
The High Court had last month ordered the evacuation of the complex, in Donaghmede in north Dublin, on health and safety grounds – after the council said a fire in one apartment could engulf the entire complex within minutes.
The court had directed that the council meet the costs of rehousing the residents – but the council has now indicated that it will seek leave to appeal this order.
The council is to claim that the President of the High Court, Justice Nicholas Kearns, did not have jurisdiction to order that the council be responsible for the costs under the terms of the Fire Services Act.
The council also says that Justice Kearns had “erred” in ordering it to assume the responsibility for accommodating the residents.
The application for leave to appeal will be heard this afternoon, but a decision is not likely to be issued immediately.
David Hall of the advocacy group New Beginning said the development was “very unwelcome”, saying it “puts additional pressure on the Priory Hall residents”.
Neither the council and the property’s original developer Tom McFeely say they do not have the finances to carry out fireproofing work on the complex.
On Monday councillors passed an emergency motion calling on the government to provide emergency funds to cover the cost of accommodating the 240-or-so residents who have been forced to leave their homes.
The residents were evacuated from Priory Hall three weeks ago, with the majority being housed in accommodation provided by the National Asset Management Agency and from voluntary housing organisations.
Last week the court ordered McFeely to cease work and remove all employees from the site, finding him to be in breach of a previous order.
The City Council had told the court that no substantive progress had been made in trying to remedy the fire safety problems.
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And those in rural areas of Ireland will get acceptable broadband speeds i.e more than 300k download speed.
I’m lucky if I even get that. And I’m only about 10 miles from Cork City and am on a main road. Faster broadband would be a dream come true but I’m not gonna hold my breath…
With the introduction of “4G”, the things we will be moaning about data limits, Coverage areas and network brown outs.
And latency. Horrible latency. Useless for SSH to my server in Iceland which already pings almost 1s from my ADSL.
Don’t live in the country side and complain about broadband speeds! It’s like living on the moon and complaining about the weather! Want good broadband? Move to a city or large town!
I think 4G will be the best high speed solution for people in rural area’s
I’m putting all my money on the internal combustion engine finally breaking through to the big time this year. It’s been a while coming but I think it’s time.
A vibrator which tells all your friends on Facebook when you are using it
3d printing will also see interesting developments this year due to certain patents that are due to expire for methods other than the “stepstruder” style ones that are commonly seen.
Curved TVs Curved Smartphones. Don’t see the point in them. Smart home tech like smoke alarms, integrated car tech
I’m still waiting for my hoverboard.
Cryptocurrency , E-Wallets and early Robotics.
My tip would be for smart building/city applications such as http://www.EnergyElephant.com (nice little self plug ;0)
You can increase your use of Irish and renewable energy by just checking when is best to turn on a washing machine, charge a laptop/iPad or have a low carbon cuppa! Think Irish, think green.
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