An investigation into the structure of the Longboat Quay apartment complex in Dublin has revealed major problems with the roof.

While Bernard McNamara’s offer to do remedial work at the Longboat Quay complex at cost price would save residents financial pain, questions arise as to how the work could be done at this rate and if the recommended works would be completed in full, writes Michael Clifford

Residents at Longboat Quay apartments in Dublin have been given 18-months to complete almost €4m worth of vital fire safety modifications.

Residents of Longboat Quay, who face eviction from their homes on foot of a fire safety order, are to resume legal action against the Dublin Dockland Development Authority after the breakdown of talks yesterday.

Dublin City Councillor Chris Andrews is calling on the Government to act on Longboat Quay as a matter of urgency and end the uncertainty for almost 300 families.

The Longboat Quay Management Company has initiated legal proceedings over liability for funding €3.5m fire safety works at the Dublin apartment complex.

There are calls for a scheme similar to the one in place for pyrite remediation to be made available to homes issued with fire safety notices.

Mooted Government plans for a national audit of all buildings and apartments constructed during the boom are likely to be rejected over concerns it will be too expensive and cause too much disruption for people living in or using the sites.

The builders behind a 200-child primary school, found six years after it opened to have serious fire safety problems which could have seen it collapse during a blaze within 20 minutes, is still tendering and winning Government contracts.

Owners and residents at Longboat Quay say they are considering legal action to cover the cost of emergency works at the apartment complex.

The Minister for the Environment Alan Kelly is to meet with owners and residents of the Longboat Quay complex in Dublin today.

More than 200 primary students were attending a school for six years before it was discovered it was a serious fire hazard, the Irish Examiner has learned.

Dublin City Council has passed an emergency motion to support Longboat Quay residents' bid not to be forced to pay for remedial works at the complex.

Dublin City Council will this evening discuss an emergency motion to ensure Longboat Quay residents are not forced to pay for remedial works at the complex.

An internal Dublin Fire Brigade report recommended the serving of a fire notice on Longboat Quay in May of last year, the Irish Examiner has learned.

Michael Clifford looks at the contrast between the fire inspection report on the controversial apartment block in 2014 and those who signed off on the complex’s safety features eight years earlier and asks who, or what, was responsible for the glaring differences.

The man responsible for the design of Longboat Quay has challenged claims that walls, smoke vents and fire doors are inadequate.

It was on one level somewhat appropriate that Environment Minister Alan Kelly was absent when the issue of the deplorable state of affairs surrounding the 900 residents who occupy 298 apartments in the Longboat Quay development was raised in the Dáil.

Poor old Bernard McNamara got a going-over during the week. McNamara is a developer and former Fianna Fáil councillor. A hardened cynic might say that’s enough to merit a perpetual going-over. But in fairness to the man, he was well got in places high and low before his own fall from grace into the clutches of bankruptcy.

Construction industry professionals are at odds as to whether new regulations, introduced after the Longboat Quay development had been built, would prevent similar safety problems emerging.

There have been calls for a full review and audit of apartments in the Dublin Docklands after the Longboat Quay complex was found to have fire safety issues.

Maria O’Callaghan was waiting for the call yesterday.

Residents of Longboat Quay have rejected as “wholly unacceptable” an offer from the Dublin Docklands Development Authority (DDDA) to contribute towards the cost of remedial works in their building.

Martin McAleese, husband of the former President Mary McAleese, has resigned his position as independent chair of the Priory Hall Implementation Oversight Group.

The Dublin Docklands Development Authority has written to the management of the Longboat Quay apartments with an offer of financial support for the cost of the repair works needed.

Talks continue today on the Longboat Quay apartment complex in Dublin, as residents face evacuation over fire safety issues.

Pressure is mounting on Dublin City Council to foot the €4m bill for fire safety remedial works in the 299-apartment complex Longboat Quay.

The Taoiseach's being asked to urgently intervene to help 300 families who are facing evacuation from an apartment block which doesn't meet fire safety standards.

The Tánaiste Joan Burton has said Dublin City Council and the Fire Brigade are engaging with the 300 families who could be forced to evacuate from an apartment block tomorrow.

Owners in a controversial apartment block were told last night they have to come up with €4m in less than a week or Dublin Fire Brigade will move to have the building evacuated.

Documents furnished to a buyer of a unit at the questionable Longboat Quay complex did not reveal the extent of existing issues, writes Michael Clifford

An apartment in the controversial Longboat Quay development has been sold at auction to a bidder who was unaware of the extent of fire safety issues in the building.