Tipperary couple’s home demolished

A couple whose home was razed without any prior notice when a new dual carriageway was being constructed between Limerick and Nenagh has taken a High Court action for damages.

Brian and Mary O’Shaughnessy have been living in rented accommodation after their single-storey two-bedroom home, described as an old Irish farmhouse, at Annaholty, Birdhill, Co Tipperary was demolished and the site cleared on September 6, 2006.

Yesterday they told the High Court of their anguish and eight-and a-half-year nightmare after their home was demolished.