Court orders 'squatters' to leave house at centre of stand-off in Stoneybatter

Businesswoman Mary McGrath plans to lodge a planning application to build 162 apartments in one block on the site

A social media account called "thatsocialcentre" had said in September it was time once again to take a space "left to rot by the profiteers" and sought donations to help build and improve to what was called "Sunnyvale". Pictured last month are activists outside the house on Prussia Street in Stoneybatter, Dublin. Photo: Sam Boal/Rollingnews.ie

The High Court has ordered that alleged squatters at a property in Dublin which was the scene of a stand-off last month vacate the site immediately.

Numbers 23-28 Prussia Street in Stoneybatter had been used for various businesses when it was bought by businesswoman Mary McGrath in 2003 and continued to be used for those businesses, including car sales and mobile home sales until 2018.