Residents fear house damage from works
Residents told the monthly council meeting how pathways have split away and separated from houses and roadways.
Grandmother Kitty Tobin who lives at 36, O’Dwyer Villas told the meeting how she felt vibrations coming up through her kitchen floor as she sat having a cup of tea.
Addressing the council, Mrs Tobin said: “I would like for somebody to come along and test and guarantee me there has been no structural damage. We want our houses tested structurally and we want it done before the main drainage people finish and move out.
“The footpaths have been pulled away from the houses and the road. They are slanting and a danger to young children and to the elderly,” she said.
“We are here because we have genuine concerns and not to cause trouble.”
Mrs Tobin said when she brought the vibrations to the notice of the main drainage people, she was given what she described as “a silly excuse.”
Cllr John Ryan said one engineering report described the roadway in Thomondgate as dangerous.
He said residents needed an assurance that houses will be surveyed for any damage.
Cllr John Cronin said local residents were going through a nightmare and some had been very upset at the thought that their homes may have been damaged.
Cllr Kevin Kiely said all work on the main drainage scheme in the Thomondgate areas should cease until such time as an engineering report was presented to the council.
After addressing the meeting, residents showed pictures of subsidence in roads and footpaths in the area.
Tom Crowe, of 32 O’Dwyer Villas, Thomondgate, told how he has been forced to move out of the downstairs section of his house.
“We couldn’t stick the smell of sewage. I have no doubt but some damage has been caused to the underneath structure of the house,” said Mr Crowe.
Another resident, Annette O’Halloran, also spoke of how her home vibrated due to the main drainage work.
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