Fire Safety
# fire-safety - Thursday 4 April, 2013
New rules on buildings hope to avoid repeat of Priory Hall disaster
Phil Hogan has announced new regulations which will require professionals to sign off on the compliance of buildings as they are built.
# fire-safety - Saturday 2 February, 2013
Priory Hall: ‘The Tenements of the Boom’
One ex-resident went back to the doomed development last weekend. This is what she found.
# fire-safety - Saturday 29 December, 2012
1982 Papers reveal changes recommended to fire service in aftermath of Stardust disaster
The government said the capital’s fire service was not adequately equipped to meet “the needs of a modern fire brigade” at the time of the tragedy.
# fire-safety - Wednesday 31 October, 2012
Emergency services association call for stronger protection
The IFESA said workers are bracing themselves for another busy Halloween tonight when it is more than likely they will face injury and assault.
# fire-safety - Monday 1 October, 2012
Significant drop in fire fatalities in 2012
As part of Fire Safety Week 2012, the fire service are urging people to remain fire safety conscious.
# fire-safety - Wednesday 26 September, 2012
Dublin City Council spends €638,000 on security for Priory Hall Exclusive
Figures obtained by TheJournal.ie reveal G4S Ireland has been paid more than €638k for less than a year’s security, during which time a number of break-ins have occurred on the site.
# fire-safety - Wednesday 25 July, 2012
Mirror + direct sunlight = house fires, warns fire service
Dorset firefighters say they tackled a bedroom fire on Monday believed to have been sparked by mirror-reflected sunlight.
# fire-safety - Tuesday 29 May, 2012
Qatar launches investigation into fatal mall fire
Thirteen children and six adults, including two firefighters, were killed in yesterday’s blaze.
# fire-safety - Sunday 18 March, 2012
Belmayne ‘not a similar situation to Priory Hall’, says Minister
The Minister for Environment noted how the responsible parties in the Belmayne case were facing up to their obligations, adding “this is clearly not a similar situation to Priory Hall”.
# fire-safety - Saturday 10 March, 2012
Minister: Priory Hall concerns were raised in 2006
Despite inspections raising safety concerns at Priory Hall six years ago, fire safety certificates were still issued for the complex.
# fire-safety - Sunday 4 March, 2012
Priory Hall residents hit back at McFeely ‘victim’ claim
A spokesman for the residents’ committee said the developer’s comments were “beneath contempt”.
# fire-safety - Thursday 23 February, 2012
Repair work needed at homes in Dublin housing estate
The Belmayne properties are missing an important fire safety component.
# fire-safety - Sunday 12 February, 2012
Priory Hall residents protest property stalemate
Residents and their reporters rallied in Donaghmede today over continued uncertainty surrounding the Priory Hall apartment complex.
Priory Hall residents ‘no closer to a solution’
The private residents were ordered out of their homes four months ago after serious fire safety fears about their properties were brought to light.
# fire-safety - Wednesday 21 December, 2011
Cost of temporary housing for Priory Hall residents to top €700,000
Dublin City Council has revealed that providing accommodation for the displaced residents of the unsafe complex will cost over €700,000.
# fire-safety - Monday 28 November, 2011
In pictures: Six weeks on, Priory Hall is a ghost town
It’s been almost two months since the residents of the Priory Hall in Donaghmede were told to abandon their homes – and here’s what the apartment complex looks like now.
# fire-safety - Thursday 24 November, 2011
Priory Hall residents concerned over Supreme Court appeal
Evacuees are worried that if Dublin City Council’s appeal is successful, they will be forced further into financial strife – and may even have to default on their mortgages.
# fire-safety - Thursday 17 November, 2011
Priory Hall developer granted stay on three-month sentence
The High Court had jailed and fined Thomas McFeely over his failure to carry out urgent remedial works on the Donaghmede apartment complex but he won a reprieve against the sentence.
# fire-safety - Friday 11 November, 2011
City council to appeal Priory Hall court order
Dublin City Council is to appeal an order forcing it to pay for alternative accommodation for the residents of the Priory Hall complex.
# fire-safety - Tuesday 8 November, 2011
The 5 at 5: Tuesday
5 minutes, 5 stories, 5 o’clock.
# fire-safety - Friday 4 November, 2011
High Court removes developer from Priory Hall
Despite the Court ordering Tom McFeely off the site, residents of the complex are still unsure about when and how the necessary works will be carried out.
# fire-safety - Tuesday 18 October, 2011
The 9 at 9: Tuesday
Nine things to know this morning…
Priory Hall developers told to hand over passports
The developers said they did not have the resources to cover the cost of alternative accommodation for residents of Priory Hall – who are being evacuated from their homes over grave fire safety concerns.
# fire-safety - Monday 6 June, 2011
Woman in her eighties dies in Westmeath house fire
The woman’s husband has been treated in hospital for smoke inhalation.
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