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Fire Safety

Construction

Revealed: Developers’ success in 90% of fire safety cases

The Business Post discovered that among fire safety conditions removed by An Bord Pleanála on appeal were car park sprinklers, certain smoke vents and occupancy limits
  • Barry J Whyte
  • January 21, 2023
Construction

Analysis: Celtic Tiger defects scheme will cover homeowners who already paid for repairs

The government felt it could not compensate one group of apartment owners, while leaving another group with nothing
  • Michael Brennan
  • January 18, 2023
Construction

State to pay up to €2.5bn as 100% redress approved for Celtic Tiger era defective buildings

It is estimated as many as 100,000 apartments and duplexes are affected by problems such as serious fire safety issues
  • Paul O'Donoghue
  • January 18, 2023
Construction

Warning of ‘mica-style’ protests if owners of defective homes don’t get 100% redress

As many as 100,000 properties have issues which need to be repaired
  • Michael Brennan
  • December 1, 2022
Grenfell Fire

Grenfell: the perfect storm of failings that led to fire disaster

A new book about the Grenfell blaze details how some of the issues which preceded the London tower block tragedy have yet to be rectified – and examines the difference between legal and moral responsibility in modern capitalism
  • Barry J Whyte
  • November 26, 2022
Construction

Kingspan accused of ‘dishonest science’ at Grenfell inquiry

Building materials firm engaged in ‘fraudulent tactics’ and ‘buck passing’, victims’ groups barristers argue
  • Barry J Whyte
  • November 12, 2022
Planning

Property firm wins appeal over sprinklers in basement car park

MB McNamara Construction, which is building a six-storey apartment building in Tallaght, has overturned a sprinklers requirement despite South Dublin Co Council’s objections
  • Barry J Whyte
  • October 22, 2022
Housing

Dublin Fire Brigade calls for urgent action at Dublin apartment complex

Hunterswood development faces possible enforcement procedures if all high-risk fire-safety issues are not ‘rectified immediately’
  • Barry J Whyte
  • August 13, 2022
Construction

Grenfell inquiry: Kingspan accused of being ‘unscrupulous player’ in building industry

Building firm accused of making misleading claims about its insulation product K15, as module of London fire probe concludes
  • Barry J Whyte
  • June 25, 2022
The Big Interview

‘We agreed the time was right and so we put the family business up for sale’ – Ted Wright of Writech

When the pandemic struck and Writech co-founder Ted Wright found himself working from home, he began questioning what he wanted to do for the next two decades of his life – and the answer involved selling a majority stake in the fire protection systems firm
  • Lorcan Allen
  • May 28, 2022

Senior British civil servant was ‘naive’ to think ‘an organisation as big as Kingspan would act responsibly’ in producing accurate product literature

The former director of building regulations in Britain was one of several senior civil servants who last week gave testimony to the inquiry into the Grenfell Tower fire
  • Barry J Whyte
  • March 14, 2022

US union writes to Kingspan’s major shareholder over Grenfell Tower fire inquiry

Dispute escalates as sheet metal workers’ organisation follows report on investigation with letter to company’s biggest institutional investor
  • Barry J Whyte
  • February 13, 2022

Cosgrave family deny ‘starving’ Ivy Exchange of fire safety funds

Billionaire property magnates fail to halt case proceeding against them in the Commercial Court over Parnell Street development
  • Barry J Whyte
  • October 24, 2021

Mulryan’s Ballymore seeks meeting with Labour MP over ‘profiteering’ criticism

Former Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell has repeatedly criticised the building firm in the House of Commons with regards to Britain’s flammable cladding scandal
  • Barry J Whyte
  • August 22, 2021

Management company sues builders over alleged ‘fire safety deficiencies’ in complex

The Ivy Exchange apartment and retail complex on Parnell Street in Dublin city centre, built by the Cosgrave Group, could face a €9m remediation bill
  • Barry J Whyte
  • August 1, 2021

New fire safety law aims to avoid Grenfell-style tragedy here

Public buildings will have to display safety notice at entrance, with name of responsible person to contact
  • Michael Brennan
  • November 22, 2020

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