Fire-risk flat owners must pay €4m or block will close

Owners in a controversial apartment block were told last night they have to come up with €4m in less than a week or Dublin Fire Brigade will move to have the building evacuated.

The fire brigade has threatened twice in the last six weeks to apply for a fire safety notice if remedial works to make the 299-unit Longboat Quay safe are not started immediately.

As first reported in the Irish Examiner last January, major deficiencies have been uncovered which render the apartment block an effective fire trap.