Developers overturn fire safety rules 75 per cent of time

Ibec and Ires Reit have lobbied government on any new fire safety regulations

Property developers have successfully overturned fire safety conditions imposed by Dublin Fire Brigade (DFB) in around three-quarters of their appeals to An Bord Pleanála, according toa Sunday Business Post analysis.

The number of successful appeals by developers over the last three years has led DFB to call for Irish fire safety regulations to be “beefed up”.

Hundreds of fire safety certificates are issued by DFB every year on new buildings and on major ...