The State currently supports homeowners in four counties caught up in the mica debacle. This is set to change, as files released to The Currency show local authorities in four more counties want homes assessed.
Thousands of homeowners in Donegal and the northwest have had their homes destroyed by defective building blocks. A year after the first test cases landed in the Commercial Court, filings show everything in this mass lawsuit is in contest, from rock testing protocols to third-party funding.
Hundreds of High Court writs have been filed over alleged mica defects in people's homes, in what could be the largest multi-party action ever in Ireland. David Coleman, the lawyer leading the cases, talks to Francesca Comyn.
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