Mick Clifford: Time to put some fire under the Government 

Homeowner group gathered outside Leinster House on Wednesday to put pressure on the housing minister to pay the tab on defects bill for affected homes 

Lorraine Carew protesting outside Leinster House on Wednesday: ‘We were promised full redress and we’re told the money is there but they just haven’t moved along the process.’ Picture: Gareth Chaney

Lorraine Carew was outside Leinster House on Wednesday. She travelled from Shannon, Co Clare, for the day — not, she said, to protest, but to hurry along a promise already made.

Ms Carew is among the estimated 100,000 homeowners who were sold a pup.