Helpless tower block residents still climbing steps as stalemate over lifts drags on and on

IF the two lifts in Ballymun’s tower blocks don’t work residents at the top have to climb 252 concrete steps to their high-rise homes.

That’s no easy task for a fairly fit person, never mind a pregnant mother with groceries, small children and a buggy living on the 14th floor.

The two lifts in the seven tower blocks are rarely working together because they are frequently vandalised.