Estate where six houses burned down excluded from defective homes scheme

The remains of the six terraced houses in Millfield Manor, Newbridge.  Picture Colin Keegan, Collins Dublin. 

An estate where six houses were burnt to the ground due to fire safety defects is not to be included in the remediation scheme for defective homes.

Housing Minister Darragh O’Brien has brought details to the cabinet of the €2.5bn remediation scheme for up to 100,000 apartments built during Celtic Tiger years.