Elderly couple face having home razed for €120m road

An 86-year-old man and his wife face the prospect of a new four-lane €120m roadway going through their four-bedroom home.

Grandparents Donal and Mary Ó Riain said no money would compensate them for losing the family home they built in 1964.

Mr Ó Riain said it was a”total disaster” for him and villagers in Parteen that Clare County Council voted 17-9 in favour of a proposed northern distributor road on the outskirts of Limerick City.