HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE turned out to protest over the continued stalemate regarding the Priory Hall apartment complex in north Dublin.
Private residents were ordered out of the complex four months ago over fire safety concerns.
The residents are currently being house in alternative accommodation by Dublin City Council, though the council has launched a legal bid to have this responsibility transferred from the council.
Residents and their supporters gathered in Donaghmede today for a protest march aimed at highlighting the ongoing stalemate between them and Dublin City Council over the future of their homes.
The residents committee has told TheJournal.ie that they are willing to sit down with the government, the council and the banks involved in the property to come to an agreeable solution over the property, which requires remedial work to bring it up to the required fire safety standards.
However, residents say that they feel no closer to a solution now than when the safety issues first came to light.
Speaking at today’s protest, Fianna Fáil Senator Averil Power accused Minister for the Environment Phil Hogan of “passing the buck” on the Priory Hall issue to Dublin City Council. Power also claimed that Hogan is “being given a warped view of events by council officials” and that he needs to meet with the residents himself.
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