Longboat Quay: Council urged to pay €4m to repair ‘firetrap’

Pressure is mounting on Dublin City Council to foot the €4m bill for fire safety remedial works in the 299-apartment complex Longboat Quay.

Longboat Quay: Council urged to pay €4m to repair ‘firetrap’
Thu, 01 Oct, 2015 - 01:00
Mick Clifford

More than 600 residents in the development on Sir John Rogerson’s Quay are under threat of evacuation if the works do not begin within days.

Political pressure is mounting on the local authority to ensure the residents do not have to leave their homes in a move that would represent a repeat of the debacle of Priory Hall.

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