Planning board called in to rule after Limerick neighbours paint roofs red

A local authority has called in the country’s top planning referee to decide if two suburban neighbours should get a yellow card over painting their roofs red.

Paddy Mullins and Eamon Murphy, living in semi-detached four-bedroom homes at No 5 and No 6 St Nessan’s Park, Dooradoyle, both repainted their houses last July and applied a reddish coat over the brown tiles.

However,a Limerick City and County Council official who recently spotted their handiwork decided the colour scheme was totally out of character for the area.