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The late Willie Crowley would have continued to serve the people of Millfield Manor after a fire levelled a terrace of houses there, writes Michael Clifford

The State is still not ensuring compliance as building boom nightmare hits southeast, writes Michael Clifford

Major fire safety defects were uncovered in an estate of apartments in north county Dublin, the Irish Examiner has learned.

ONCE upon a time, long ago, I spent a summer employed as a yardman in a concrete mixing depot in north London. It was a serious operation in which sand and gravel were transported to the depot by train, unloaded, and fed into the mixer by a JCB. I had a handy number, but so did the man driving the JCB, a native of Killarney who went by the name of Fran.

Residents of a Co Kildare housing estate at the centre of fire safety and building concerns have called on the Government to provide funding for a full safety audit and the cost of any repairs.

A 39-year-old man has been charged with arson in connection with a blaze which went out of control and gutted six terraced houses in Kildare.

A bank account has been set up for donations to help the families affected by the fire which extensively damaged six houses in Kildare on Tuesday afternoon.