Cracks appear in hundreds of houses

A DUBLIN property development consortium has accepted material used in the foundations of a housing estate in Kinsealy has caused the floors to crack.

Menolly Homes/Hansfield Developments last night said tests confirmed a substance called pyrite has been detected in the in-fill underneath homes at Drynam Hall, Kinsealy.

It also emerged that the substance causing the problem was used at two other developments by Menolly Homes.