Michael Clifford: Darragh O’Brien must fix political defects of past

The Housing Minister has some serious decisions to make in the near future: Will he continue to play hardball with stricken homeowners or is he willing to accept that they are entitled to proper justice?

Protesters at a demonstration in Dublin on June 15 to demand a 100% redress scheme for homes and properties affected by bricks contaminated with mica. 

The mica homeowners will know their fate by the end of the month. 

Housing Minister Darragh O’Brien has pledged that he will have news within weeks for those whose homes have been badly affected by the destructive mineral, mica, which was present in the concrete blocks used on the houses.