A community fighting to save their homes against infrastructure

When infrastructure requires the sacrifice of communities it seems only better-off areas with political connections can stand up to projects, writes Michael Clifford.

There was a call for any engineers to come forward. John Dean, sitting at the top table, let it be known that an engineer would come in really handy. He was speaking to a public meeting in Dublin about the proposal to demolish a public swimming pool and around 80 homes to make way for a new rail link.