‘Firetrap’ conditions a real danger to residents, solicitor warns

Conditions in a firetrap local authority complex in Cork present its residents with a “clear, present and immediate danger” to their health and safety, a solicitor has warned.

Nineteen residents of Mount Farran Place in Blackpool, Cork, are now considering “all forms of action available to them” in a bid to force the city council to address their concerns.

They have engaged solicitor Donal Daly, of Daly, Derham Donnelly, to fight their case. In a letter to the city manager earlier this month, he said his clients were forced into this action out of frustration with the lack of action on the council’s part to tackle a range of maintenance issues at the three-storey complex.