Couple settles suit over demolition of farmhouse

A couple whose home was razed to the ground without any prior notice when a dual carriageway was being built between Limerick and Nenagh has settled a damages action in the High Court.

However, the High Court case continues to determine who is responsible for the demolition and who pays damages.

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