Nearly 45% of residents in Dublin's Dolphin House complex have health problems as a result of damp and sewage in their homes, according to a survey.

This is wrong on so many Levels. Citizens of Ireland in this day and age should not have to live in these condidtions, shame on past and previous Governments to let this continue on. In 1969 'The Dublin Housing Action Committee' was formed to stand against housing shortages in Ireland's Capital City after it arose from concerns about the serious shortage of affordable housing in the Capital. In addition, the DHAC raised the issue of a large number of properties in which where standing empty and with this information they called for a housing emergency to be declared, a prohibition on demolishing sound living accommodation, and an immediate halt to the building of prestige office blocks. As things stand we have plenty of empty houses in Dublin and just like The DHAC's calls Dolphin House and possibly other complexes could be put into near enough the same context as 1969.

In Dublin alone we have hundreds of empty housing units we could avail of so i think its time to sort this problem out.

Thoughts?

Originally Posted by Lucan Lefty

Nearly 45% of residents in Dublin's Dolphin House complex have health problems as a result of damp and sewage in their homes, according to a survey.

This is wrong on so many Levels. Citizens of Ireland in this day and age should not have to live in these condidtions, shame on past and previous Governments to let this continue on. In 1969 'The Dublin Housing Action Committee' was formed to stand against housing shortages in Ireland's Capital City after it arose from concerns about the serious shortage of affordable housing in the Capital. In addition, the DHAC raised the issue of a large number of properties in which where standing empty and with this information they called for a housing emergency to be declared, a prohibition on demolishing sound living accommodation, and an immediate halt to the building of prestige office blocks. As things stand we have plenty of empty houses in Dublin and just like The DHAC's calls Dolphin House and possibly other complexes could be put into near enough the same context as 1969.

In Dublin alone we have hundreds of empty housing units we could avail of so i think its time to sort this problem out.

Thoughts?

They should declare themselves 'Asylum Seekers'

On a more serious note its disgraceful Irish People are housed like this in the year 2012!

Tests carried out 18 months ago by Tobin Consulting Engineers on water which had come up through the plug holes of sinks and baths in the flats found levels of faecal coliforms consistent with those found in raw sewage. Other tests by NUI Maynooth’s biology department on mould samples from the flats found the presence of Aspergillus fumigatus, which can cause pulmonary disease in humans, most notably asthma and bronchitis.

Positively shameful and a glut of housing available. We live in an upside down country.

Absolutely. Tear 'em down. I live a stone's throw away over the canal and the residents of those flats deserve a hell of a whole lot more than that. Don't know if you've seen it Lucan Lefty, but there's a mini doc by Rialto Rights in Action on youtube in three parts. Here's Part One, which'll give you sidebar links to the rest:

Empty houses in Drogheda Dundalk Ardee Navan Kingscourt Carrickmacross in a few years will be rotten to the ground they are some i know of and they are thoustands around the country like this.

they dont vote
no one cares

demolished yes. rebuilt no.

plenty of NAMA homes available.

Its a disgrace that people have to live in s hit like this today.

mr. jings i'm from Crumlin so i am well aware of the Barn mate.

They should have been torn down and rebuild a decade ago - we had the money to do it then, we don't now, so I don' see it happening.

Originally Posted by neiphin

they dont vote
no one cares

Yes the old saying, i was out canvassing in SWIC a few years back and i met a Labour Candidate and he seen me come out of Oliver Bond and his question was 'What are you doing in their sure they don't Vote' shocking stuff.

Originally Posted by Neutron

demolished yes. rebuilt no.

plenty of NAMA homes available.

Its a disgrace that people have to live in s hit like this today.

Many Residents are generations in the Barn so they will want to stay.