Longboat Quay: Taxpayer to foot part of bill for works at controversial housing complex

Owen Keegan needed this like a hole in the head last June. The Dublin City manager was already in the wars over Garth Brooks, then he heard he potentially had on his hands another Priory Hall.

In early May, a routine inspection by a fire consultant at Longboat Quay, two blocks of mainly apartment units, on Sir John Rogerson Quay, uncovered serious deficiencies in relation to fire safety. The consultant had been retained by a receiver for over a dozen of the apartment units. Such was his concern, he passed the information directly onto Dublin Fire Brigade.

Longboat Quay is a development of two blocks of apartments, totalling 298 units, and some retail outlets, which is under the management of the Dublin Docklands Development Authority. It was built in 2006 by developer Bernard McNamara.