Murray family gets €270,000 house after council seals deal

LIMERICK City Council yesterday closed a deal for the purchase of a €270,000 home for the Murray family over the objection of local residents.

The council rebuffed the residents of a private estate at Clonile, Old Cratloe Road, who were opposed to the purchase of the four-bedroomed house. It will be rented to Sheila Murray, who is expected to move in over the coming days.

The house has a converted garage which can be used for the daily physiotherapy programme drawn up for her children, Millie and Gavin, who were badly burned in a September petrol bomb attack.