# fire-safety - Friday 29 April, 2022
# Fire Safety
Owners are being asked to pay bills of between €15,000 and €20,000, Michelle Hennessy writes. Tens of thousands of apartment units built during the Celtic Tiger era are estimated to be affected by construction defects. Owners are calling on the government to ensure easier access to loans so they can cover the lump sum.
# fire-safety - Monday 25 April, 2022
# Fire Safety
# Fire Safety
A fire broke out at the plant last year.
# fire-safety - Sunday 17 April, 2022
# Swords
# Swords
The owner management company said legal advice has been sought but the original developer company has been liquidated.
# fire-safety - Tuesday 5 April, 2022
# Kilmainham
# Kilmainham
The Metropolitan Apartments are in Kilmainham, Dublin 8.
# fire-safety - Thursday 20 August, 2020
# Lowering Standards
# Lowering Standards
Orla Hegarty writes that lockdown has been a time to reflect on getting our new housing right.
# fire-safety - Saturday 22 February, 2020
# Fire Risk
# Fire Risk
The company has said it is trying to resolve the issue as quickly as possible and denied prioritising UK customers over Irish ones.
# fire-safety - Sunday 19 January, 2020
# Simonsridge
# Simonsridge
An audit last year found potential fire safety deficiencies that could cost owners up to €14,000 each to repair.
# fire-safety - Saturday 18 January, 2020
# Fire Safety
# Fire Safety
It is expected to get as low as -4 degrees tonight.
# fire-safety - Tuesday 17 December, 2019
# High Court
# High Court
The challenge has been brought by JCP Powdermill Care Centre Ltd.
# fire-safety - Wednesday 27 November, 2019
# Overcrowding
# Overcrowding
The senior fire officer visited after concerns were raised about the number of trolleys in corridors in the ED.
# fire-safety - Tuesday 24 September, 2019
# Seville Place
# Seville Place
The judge ruled that the orders previously granted by the High Court are to remain in place.
# fire-safety - Thursday 5 September, 2019
# High Court
# High Court
If a fire started in any of the three buildings it would “spread very quickly”, the High Court was told.
# fire-safety - Tuesday 7 May, 2019
# Rooskey
# Rooskey
Plans to open a Direct Provision centre in Rooskey were scrapped based on legal advice.
# fire-safety - Wednesday 30 January, 2019
# Opinion
# Opinion
Much of the media reporting focused on the alcohol intake of the victims but that it is not how fire inquests are normally reported, writes Jacinta Brack.
# fire-safety - Sunday 28 October, 2018
# Careful Now
# Careful Now
Emergency services do not want to see a repeat of Halloween-related injuries they have seen in previous years.
# fire-safety - Tuesday 31 July, 2018
# Fire Safety
# Fire Safety
Figures released today show that people over the age of 65 made up the majority of fatalities, with 24 deaths reported last year.
# fire-safety - Tuesday 26 June, 2018
# Fire Safety
# Fire Safety
Temperatures are due to range between 24 to 30 degrees tomorrow, according to Met Éireann.
# fire-safety - Wednesday 6 June, 2018
# Fire Safety
# Fire Safety
Minister Eoghan Murphy set up a group to assess Ireland’s fire safety measures following the Grenfell blaze in London last year.
# fire-safety - Monday 4 June, 2018
# Disaster Inquiry
# Disaster Inquiry
72 people lost their lives in the tower block blaze.
# fire-safety - Tuesday 27 March, 2018
# Fire Safety
# Fire Safety
Siptu said questions have been raised about how the fire jumped downwards two floors and called for stronger risk assessment procedures.
# fire-safety - Tuesday 16 January, 2018
# Leeside Apartments
# Leeside Apartments
A new report has suggested they may not have to leave their homes.
# fire-safety - Friday 29 December, 2017
# India
# India
Police said they were investigating the cause of the fire.
# fire-safety - Wednesday 1 November, 2017
# Camphill
# Camphill
While there were master keys to individual units at the centre, there was no clarity as to how these could be located in an emergency.
# fire-safety - Tuesday 26 September, 2017
# Safety Standards
# Safety Standards
Bruton said Western Building Systems is still eligible to apply for government building contracts.
# fire-safety - Tuesday 5 September, 2017
# Leuven Institute
# Leuven Institute
Sara Gibadlo, aged 19, and Dace Zarin, aged 22 were students of Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology (GMIT).
# fire-safety - Friday 1 September, 2017
# Checkups
# Checkups
Fire safety in Ireland’s public buildings has been under the microscope in recent months.
# fire-safety - Sunday 2 July, 2017
# Fire Safety
# Fire Safety
The new Housing Minister Eoghan Murphy has ordered a fire safety review of all multi-story apartments in the State.
# fire-safety - Tuesday 27 June, 2017
# Fire Safety
# Fire Safety
Cork County Council confirmed that its headquarters had the same cladding as Grenfell Tower.
# fire-safety - Sunday 25 June, 2017
# Cladding
# Cladding
Areas affected include the city of Manchester, Camden, Plymouth, Hounslow, Portsmouth, Barnet and Brent.
# fire-safety - Saturday 24 June, 2017
# London
# London
Some residents first learned of the evacuation while watching the news.
# fire-safety - Tuesday 20 June, 2017
# Column
# Column
In Ireland, the concerns of residents about fire safety in several housing developments constructed hastily during the Celtic Tiger boom have fallen on deaf ears, writes Cian O’Callaghan.
# fire-safety - Friday 16 June, 2017
# Fire Safety
# Fire Safety
Following on from the fire, concerns have been raised about a number of issues around Ireland’s fire safety regulations.
# fire-safety - Thursday 16 March, 2017
# Beacon South Quarter
# Beacon South Quarter
It follows from a vote last night that decided residents should pay for water and fire hazard problems with the building.
# fire-safety - Friday 24 February, 2017
# Safety Risk
# Safety Risk
Dublin Fire Brigade attended a fire in the area on Tuesday morning.
# fire-safety - Tuesday 24 January, 2017
# Beacon South Quarter
# Beacon South Quarter
Residents of Beacon South Quarter in Sandyford have been informed that they may be faced with a huge bill.
# fire-safety - Sunday 4 October, 2015
# Longboat Quay
# Longboat Quay
That’s according to the Minister for the Environment Alan Kelly.
# fire-safety - Sunday 30 August, 2015
# Blaze
# Blaze
The fire occurred overnight in the Lucan area.
# fire-safety - Monday 29 June, 2015
# Kilkenny
# Kilkenny
The unit at St Patricks, Kilkenny, which houses 28 people, has been de-registered for up to 28 days over a number of concerns.
# fire-safety - Tuesday 25 February, 2014
# No Apologies
# No Apologies
“I don’t think it is any different than most of the other buildings in Dublin.”
# fire-safety - Friday 27 December, 2013
# Flamin Nora
From The Daily Edge
# Flamin Nora
London Fire Brigade has revealed the reasons behind some bizarre call outs.
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