Army families reach deal to buy out homes

ELEVEN army families who faced eviction from their homes are to be given the chance to buy the properties after thrashing out a deal with the Department of Defence.

In September the Irish Examiner revealed the story of the 11 occupiers or “overholders” at properties adjacent to the Cathal Brugha Army barracks in Rathmines in Dublin.

At the time the Department of Defence said the families had been notified over a period of years that they needed to vacate the houses as, according to army regulations, they were for the use of serving members of the defence forces only.