Councillor in High Court bid to stop his family’s eviction by local authority

A recently elected county councillor and his wife have launched a High Court action aimed at preventing Wicklow County Council from evicting their family from their home in a row over an attic conversion.

The action has been brought by Sinn Féin’s John Brady — who was elected to Wicklow County Council after topping the poll in the Bray electoral area in last month’s local elections — and his wife Gayle.

Last March, the Bradys were served with a notice to quit their home at 63 Kilbride Grove, Bray, where they and their five children have lived for the last 14 years.