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A DEAL HAS been agreed between residents and the management company for apartments at Longboat Quay that will see vital repairs made to the facility, which currently does not meet fire-safety standards.
The residents at the Dublin Docklands apartment complex had been involved in a dispute for over a year. They were initially told that they would have to pay to fix repairs or face eviction.
In a statement to TheJournal.ie from the Longboat Quay Management Company, it was confirmed that an agreement was reached with residents and business owners in the area.
It said: “Representatives of the Longboat Quay Management Company are pleased to announce that the Longboat Quay owners have voted in favour of supporting the proposed Settlement Agreement.
“From the outset our priority has always been to achieve a comprehensive and fair solution to this distressing situation. After two years of negotiations, we believe we have now achieved this objective.
Remedial work will now commence in January 2017.
Included in the proposal is a provision from Dublin City Council to commit to €1.85 million in funding for the repairs and the receiver committing an additional €1.25 million.
It is understood the receiver’s share of the cost will covered by the National Assets Management Agency.
The total of €3.1 million is above the €2.5 million estimate placed on the repair works. It is expected than any surplus would be put towards roof repairs.
A previous estimate had put the cost of repairs at €4.75 million but that figure was challenged and has since been revised downwards.
Dublin Fire Brigade deemed fire separation between apartments to be inadequate but residents have remained in their properties as the dispute continued.
In a statement before the vote yesterday, a group representing Longboat Quay residents said: “From the outset our priority has always been to achieve a comprehensive and fair solution to this distressing situation that we have found ourselves in. We believe we have now achieved this objective.”
With reporting from Rónán Duffy.
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We were on the beach. The lifeguard and surrounding people worked valiantly non-stop to try to save and resuscitate the two ladies, then the ambulance services also did their absolute best before the helicopter arrived and they were rushed away. A couple stood nearby throughout and prayed the Rosary. The sea was calm and it was a beautiful sunny evening on the beach, made horrendous by this appalling double tragedy. God rest them both and deepest sympathy to their families.
Unfortunately news in that both have passed away.
Were they in swimming?
RIP.
Latest report is that they’ve died..rip..
Terrible news , they seemed to be living life to the full doing what they loved .
Crikey this really has been a bad week. Nothing but bad news … spirit sapping – condolences to all affected by this terrible event
Very lucky to be alive & hope two ladies will be on their ways to recovery ASAP.
R.I.P ladies. What a terrile way to go.
All the C#nts on this site giving thumbs down when people say RIP should be beaten to death. Have some respect.
Breakingnews.ie reports they are nuns, regardless, i hope they are alright.
Unfortunately reports say both have passed away in hospital. R.I.P
Why “regardless” ?
Regardless of if they are nuns or not.
Ah that’s terribly sad. RIP.
I was saddened to hear of the two women losing there lives on Inch Strand as this is where we have holidayed for ten years in a row up until a couple of years ago.
May they rest in peace.
any idea on how it happened please?
I asked that question and got red thumbed for it. I still dont know what happened to them. May they rest in peace. Condolences to their families and community.
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