Pensioners’ home no longer required for road

A late reprieve has been granted to stop the bulldozing of a disabled elderly couple’s home to make way for a new road.

The property owned by 77-year-old pensioner Judith O’Donoghue and her disabled husband, Peter, is not now required for a planned new route in Ennistymon, Co Clare.

The local authority, in a statement yesterday, confirmed the relevant land acquisition had been removed from the road proposal and an alternative route identified.