Council left burns victim to live in conditions unfit for human habitation

A BURNS victim who needs to shower several times a day because of his injuries was left by Dublin City Council to live in conditions unfit for human habitation, a judge said yesterday.

Circuit Court President, Mr Justice Matthew Deery, said 54-year-old Anthony Gannon had complained for years about sewage welling up in his shower tray and spilling over into his bathroom before anything was done about it.

Yesterday, in a test case that could apply to hundreds of the council’s flat dwellers, the judge awarded Mr Gannon, who is registered as disabled, €15,000 damages against the local authority.