The developer of a block of apartments labelled a firetrap, in a series of expert reports, has been given two weeks to submit a plan of remedial action or face High Court proceedings.

Residents of a development in Co Meath have been told not to use balconies in their apartments because of dangers due to wood rot.

The fallout from the shoddy self-regulation and frantic building splurge during the Celtic Tiger continues to seep out of the walls of homes thrown together, writes Michael Clifford

A local authority has been accused of abandoning dozens of residents living in an apartment complex condemned as a fire trap.

Michael Clifford sought answers from Meath County Council in relation to construction and fire safety issues at Riverwalk Court in Ratoath but, like the residents, he is still waiting.