Residents face 3 months out of home

Residents of a major apartment complex in south Dublin will be forced to leave their homes for up to three months after the building was found to be a fire hazard and in breach of safety regulations.

However, the managers of The Laurels apartments in Dundrum say the situation is not “another Priory Hall” — a reference to the dispute between 240 residents of a north Dublin housing complex who have been unable to return to their homes since October and bankrupt developer Tom McFeely.

Tenants of The Laurels (also known as The View) were told last Friday that they would have to move into temporary accommodation by the receiver of the complex, Kieran Wallace of KPMG, who took control of the building after both its developer, Tuskar Asset Management Group, and builder, Pierse Construction, went out of business.