Knockdown bid to push sales in village scheme

WHOLESALE demolition of unfinished and unsellable houses in unpopular locations might be on the cards post-NAMA — but, in advance of that, a west Cork builder has done his own, small-scale pulldown of partially-built houses.

Three partially-built detached houses in the 44-unit Pairc na Fana scheme in Union Hall have been demolished by builder Darren Hourihane in the past few weeks, and he’s landscaped around their bases with hedging to camouflage their remains.