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Article

23 Dec 2009

Author:
Louise Hogan, Irish Independent

Hundreds live in 'unsafe' flats built by ex-IRA hunger striker [Ireland]

Hundreds of residents are continuing to live in apartments…despite serious concerns over fire safety. Families have spoken of their worry after fire chiefs declared "potentially dangerous" two complexes built in Dublin by the Coalport Building Company. [A] … fire officer … described it as a "serious matter" as tenants were allowed move into the Dundalk apartments…before a fire alarm system was in place…[N]otice [was served] on the developer to comply with the remediation works. A spokesman for Coalport said the firm was not prepared to simply throw people out on the street.