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

Bernard McNamara: his property company McNamara Construction succeeded in overturning a requirement to have sprinklers in an apartment complex’s basement car park

Bernard McNamara’s property company, which is building a six-storey apartment complex in Tallaght in Dublin, has succeeded in overturning a requirement to have sprinklers in the complex’s basement car park despite objections from South Dublin County Council’s fire officer.

MB McNamara Construction, which was founded by McNamara, is building a nearly 200-unit apartment complex in Cookstown. It was recently granted a fire safety certificate which included a condition requiring that a sprinkler system be installed ...