Apollo House work ‘only just begun’

An Irish-American telecoms millionaire reached out to the Home Sweet Home campaign, the group behind the recent occupation of Apollo House.

Ken Peterson Junior, owner of Columbia Ventures Corporation (CVC) made an offer to buy Apollo House from its receivers, to be converted into a homeless shelter, on the weekend of January 7.

His company CVC also includes Hibernia Atlantic, which owns the transatlantic fibre optic cable directly connecting the Republic of Ireland to North America.