Receivers tell tenants they can stay in homes ‘at their own risk’

The receivers for five properties in Co Clare have said the tenants will not be evicted but if they choose to stay, they do so “at their own risk”.

Residents of Abbey West Cottages in Bellharbour received hand-deliverd letters last Tuesday from representatives of receivers Ernst and Young (EY) ‘asking’ them to vacate the dormer style thatched cottages on the edge of the Burren because of “failing fire safety standards”.

The three families and two individual tenants have said they will not move and are angry that EY planned to evict them just days before Christmas leaving them homeless. The residents have also sought legal advice on the matter.