Fire survivors get temporary accommodation

The 15 people left homeless by the Carrickmines fire have moved into temporary emergency accommodation two weeks after the tragedy which claimed the lives of 10 relatives.

Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council chose the site after difficulties emerged over the preferred location at a fully serviced greenfield site.

The council last week identified a carpark it owns next to a works depot at Ballyogan, where staff and contractors spent a number of days making it ready for the 11 adults and four children to move in. The site did not have a sewerage connection, which was why it was not proposed before the planned move to Rockville Drive ran into problems over residents’ concerns about temporary accommodation.