'You can actually hear it cracking': Clare homeowners in fear of crumbling houses

Mary and Seamus Hanley at their home in Drumline, Newmarket on Fergus which is affected by Mica. Picture: Eamon Ward

A number of homeowners in Co Clare are living in fear that their houses will crumble around them after they discovered damaging materials in the blocks holding up their homes.

Martina Cleary, who lives in Crusheen in Clare, has called for government assistance as she watches cracks appearing in her home.