Car crash house to get safety barrier

AN 80-year-old retired farmer who has lived in fear of cars crashing into his home for over a decade, may soon be able to use his front door again following news that Clare County Council will erect a crash barrier outside his home.

In the past 10 years, there have been as many as 25 accidents outside Martin McGuane’s home at Bunnahow, Tubber. On six occasions, vehicles have demolished his front wall, landed in his garden or collided with his home.

On July 22 last, Mr McGuane had another miraculous escape when two cars collided head-on outside his home before one careered through his front wall, coming to rest against the pensioner’s front door. A week later, another car demolished a wall at Mr McGuane’s farmyard directly opposite the house. As a result, he continues to live in fear of another car hitting his home and refuses to use his front door.