# mica - Thursday 3 March, 2022
# Redress
# Redress
The report puts rebuild costs at between €150,000 and €421,000 depending on the size and location of the house.
# mica - Monday 21 February, 2022
# Donegal
# Donegal
Homeowners are still waiting for clarity in relation to the redress scheme that will help them to fix their crumbling homes.
# mica - Friday 31 December, 2021
# Mica
After a ten-year campaign homeowners are still fighting for a scheme that will make it genuinely affordable to repair their homes, Michelle Hennessy reports. Campaigners said the government "almost got it right" with recent enhancements to the scheme. They are confident they can reach a resolution in 2022.
# mica - Thursday 30 December, 2021
# Mica Redress
# Mica Redress
He said some people will have to seek alternative accommodation while homes affected are being replaced and repaired.
# mica - Sunday 26 December, 2021
# Donegal
# Donegal
Activist Paddy Diver said he wants the people of Donegal to look out for the county “the way the Healy-Raes look after Kerry”.
# mica - Wednesday 1 December, 2021
# Mica
# Mica
Sinn Féin’s Pearse Doherty today told the government to “go back to the drawing board”.
# mica - Tuesday 30 November, 2021
# Crumbling Blocks
# Crumbling Blocks
The scheme will cover an estimated 7,500 homes at a total cost of €2.2 billion.
# mica - Monday 29 November, 2021
# Homes
# Homes
Campaigners intend to march in Dublin again if the government does not revisit its plan.
# mica - Sunday 21 November, 2021
# Mica Redress
# Mica Redress
The Minister for Agriculture said he believed that any proposal brought to Cabinet would deliver 100% redress to homeowners.
# mica - Thursday 11 November, 2021
# Mica Redress
# Mica Redress
It is believed that a cap of approximately €400,000 per home will ultimately be agreed upon.
# mica - Wednesday 20 October, 2021
# Mica
# Mica
The children said all they want is to feel safe in their homes.
# mica - Friday 8 October, 2021
# Mica Redress
Tens of thousands protested in Dublin calling for full redress. Campaigners say they are considering running candidates in the next election Taoiseach Micheal Martin said details of redress scheme would not be ready in time for the budget.
# Defective Blocks
# Defective Blocks
Some homeowners say they do not feel safe in their homes.
# mica - Tuesday 5 October, 2021
# Defective Blocks
# Defective Blocks
Minister Simon Coveney said however that it will not be ready before the Budget.
# mica - Sunday 3 October, 2021
# Mica
# Mica
A draft report did not recommend 100% redress, as demanded by campaigners.
# mica - Saturday 2 October, 2021
# Opinion
# Opinion
Lisa Hone lives with mica in her home every day. She warns householders that they have very little protection on the biggest purchase of their lives.
# mica - Friday 1 October, 2021
# Mica
The report says the total cost of the remediation scheme could be €3.2 billion. Homeowners who have to completely demolish and rebuild their homes would not necessarily get a 100% grant. Other remediation works would receive a 100% grant and all caps should be increased, the report says. The report is to be considered by the minister before he brings proposals to Cabinet.
# mica - Thursday 30 September, 2021
Government plans to deal with the issue are likely to be tabled in the next fortnight.
# Redress
# Redress
Campaigners are seeking 100% redress for damage to their homes.
# mica - Wednesday 29 September, 2021
# Mica
# Mica
The householders, in Donegal and Mayo, are seeking 100% redress for their Mica damaged homes.
# mica - Monday 27 September, 2021
# Mica
# Mica
The Housing Minister will meet mica -affected homeowners later this week.
# mica - Wednesday 22 September, 2021
# Defective Blocks Scheme
# Defective Blocks Scheme
Applications had been rejected despite engineers’ reports and tests confirming the presence of pyrite.
# mica - Tuesday 21 September, 2021
# Defective Blocks
# Defective Blocks
Affected homeowners are seeking 100% of the costs associated with fixing their homes.
# mica - Thursday 16 September, 2021
Varadkar said the Department of Housing has also received requests from local authorities in Sligo, Clare, Limerick and Tipperary to engage in the Defective Concrete Blocks Grant Scheme.
# mica - Thursday 9 September, 2021
# Homes
# Homes
Fianna Fáil members gathering in Cavan today were met by around 30 protesters from Donegal.
# mica - Monday 9 August, 2021
# Pyrite Scandal
# Pyrite Scandal
They were deemed ineligible despite reports from engineers stating their homes are damaged.
# mica - Wednesday 7 July, 2021
# Podcast
# Podcast
This week, we talk you through how the mica scandal unfolded, and what it tells us about housing in Ireland.
# mica - Sunday 4 July, 2021
# The Good Information Project
# The Good Information Project
Experts have said new legislation is needed to ensure building supplies are checked by independent parties.
# mica - Saturday 19 June, 2021
# Mica Protests
# Mica Protests
The Donegal diaspora in the US is mobilising in support of homeowners seeking compensation for mica damage to their homes.
# Redress
It's been a long road for impacted homeowners and they see no end in sight, Michelle Hennessy reports. Families who spoke to The Journal said they cannot even afford the initial mica test required to apply for the government's grant scheme. They say years of being ignored by government has intensified the stress they are already feeling living in homes that are falling down around them.
# mica - Wednesday 16 June, 2021
# Mica Scandal
# Mica Scandal
Minister O’Brien says the cost of damage caused by mica could exceed €1.5 billion.
# mica - Tuesday 15 June, 2021
# Large Scale Protest
The mica mineral present in concrete has caused cracks and fissures to form in 5,000-6,000 homes in primarily Donegal and Mayo. The Mica Action Group (MAG) have called government action so far "disappointing and insulting".
# Explainer
# Explainer
Homeowners are protesting in Dublin’s city centre today.
# mica - Wednesday 9 June, 2021
# Grants
# Grants
Cabinet was told today that 433 people in Donegal have engaged with the scheme so far.
# mica - Saturday 22 May, 2021
# Mica
# Mica
Homeowners say the scheme is not accessible to many families because of the additional costs involved.
# mica - Monday 29 October, 2018
# Concrete
# Concrete
Just a month before the government announced a redress scheme for the thousands of impacted homeowners, Karl Murtagh was told his mortgage had been sold.
# mica - Sunday 21 October, 2018
# Crumbling
# Crumbling
The government recently announced a redress scheme which has been welcomed, but it has come too late for some.
# mica - Wednesday 20 December, 2017
# Mica Action Group
# Mica Action Group
The Crumlishs are one of thousands of homeowners affected by defective blocks in Co Donegal.
# mica - Sunday 12 March, 2017
# Pyrite
# Pyrite
Thousands of houses around the country are affected by pyrite and mica .
# mica - Thursday 16 July, 2015
# Mica
# Mica
A campaign group said the issue affects both private and council homes.
