Mick Clifford: Citizens will pick up the tab for building defects

Legally, builders including Flynn & O’Flaherty are only responsible for defective work if it is discovered within seven years of construction

After Ires Reit spent €60m on 146 Flynn & O’Flaherty homes at the old Phoenix Park racecourse it discovered problems with some of the apartments. Picture: Moya Nolan

Nobody is responsible for anything which leaves citizens to pick up the tab.

So it goes with the fallout from the reckless building boom in this country during the Celtic Tiger years.