Mary Connors & Roisín Gallagher - The Week in Review

Mary Connors and Roisín Gallagher discussed what happened during the week with the Irish Defective Concrete Blocks crisis from their personal perspectives.

Inishowen Independent article: SEMI Demolish - the demolition of half of a semi-detached house
https://edition.pagesuite-professional.co.uk//get_image.aspx?newportal=true&w=600&pbid=06368186-2dd1-4c7a-97db-435c9cf42040&

Irish Times article: Ministers overruled officials who believed €1bn could be shaved from cost of apartment defects scheme
https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/housing-planning/2023/03/20/ministers-overruled-officials-who-believed-1bn-could-be-shaved-from-apartment-defects-scheme/

Dr Karen Kirby (Ulster University, School of Psychology) delivered a talk titled Measuring the scale of the mental health & well-being impact of affected homeowners in Ireland
https://youtu.be/lXyP-xbe-20?t=14706

Angeline Ruddy (Secondary school teacher, Moville Community College) delivers talk titled School Testimony - The impacts of defective concrete blocks on the lives of secondary school students
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lXyP-xbe-20&t=12813s

Here is a complete index to all the individual speakers at the Letterkenny Concrete Conference (organised by Professor Paul Dunlop and other) that took place on the 15th November 2022
https://backstory.ie/dcb_conf_index.html

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