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# Priory Hall

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# News Fix
Here's What Happened Today: Saturday
Everyone is talking about the march for Alan Ryan and the election results Down Under.
# Priory Hall
Bereaved resident urges Taoiseach to deal with Priory Hall
Stephanie Meehan made an emotional plea to Enda Kenny on the Late Late Show last night.
# you told us
Top readers' comments of the week
Here’s our round-up of the most interesting and most popular comments from this week. Did you make it in?
# Finance committee
Bankers' answers on Priory Hall prompt "massive worry" among residents
AIB boss David Duffy said this week the bank would pull out of a process aimed at reaching a solution for all of the residents, and try and reach deals with just its own customers.
# News Fix
Here’s What Happened Today: Wednesday
Everyone’s talking about Enda Kenny promising to act on Priory Hall and the death of Ariel Castro.
# Priory Hall
Enda Kenny promises to help Priory Hall residents
“This is not going to sort itself out,” the Taoiseach said.
# Priory Hall
Bank of Ireland and Ulster Bank accused of having no solutions on Priory Hall
CEOs Richie Boucher and Jim Brown came under pressure from TDs today to explain what they were doing to help former residents of the abandoned Donaghmede apartment complex.
# Priory Hall
Explainer: What is happening with Priory Hall?
What’s it costing us? Why isn’t it sorted? Was there no insurance? Where is the builder? All your questions, answered.
# News Fix
Here’s What Happened Today: Tuesday
Everyone’s talking about junior doctors going on strike, AIB saying some customers just don’t want to pay their mortgages, and John Waters (briefly) going to jail.
# Priory Hall
AIB promises to engage over Priory Hall as Minister says it may be demolished
The environment minister says that he cannot give a time frame on when action will be taken on Priory Hall, for fear of “giving false hope” to displaced residents.
# In Pictures
Two years on: Pictures show Priory Hall apartments in ruin
As well as being a fire hazard, the complex is damp, flooded in places and completely uninhabitable.
# News Fix
Here’s What Happened Today: Thursday
Everyone’s talking about Ireland’s emigration figures and whether the UK is going to take military action in Syria.
# Priory Hall
Priory Hall resident writes to Taoiseach after partner takes his own life
Stephanie Meehan’s partner of 17 years, Fiachra Daly, took his own life in July. Now, Meehan is calling on the Taoiseach to intervene in Priory Hall.
# News Fix
Here's What Happened Today: Sunday
Today everyone’s talking about earthquakes in the Irish Sea and the last stand of Priory Hall residents.
# Boom and Bust
Priory Hall residents watch their homes ‘deteriorate beyond repair’
Almost two years since they were evacuated over fire concerns, Priory Hall residents remain uncertain about their future.
# Priory Hall
Dublin City Council: We've acted in the best interests of Priory Hall residents
The council has re-released a statement issued last week in response to criticism of its handling of the situation which has seen hundreds of former Priory Hall residents living in temporary accommodation since 2011.
Voices
Column: I'd give my heart and soul to never have heard the words 'Priory Hall'
The residents evacuated from Priory Hall are the only people who have paid in any way for the problems uncovered in the buidling, writes Alison Doyle.
# In Pictures
Priory Hall in ruins as residents left ‘in limbo’
Images show how the vacant complex continues to deteriorate.
# need to know
The Evening Fix... now with added terrible (and expensive) rooms for rent
Here are the things we learned, loved and shared today.
# Supreme Court
Priory Hall: "They've already tried to put us on the streets once, they can't try it again"
The Supreme Court today adjourned a decision on whether Dublin City Council must continue to pay accommodation costs for Priory Hall residents until October.
# Priory Hall
Dublin City Council back in court over Priory Hall debacle
The local authority wants the Supreme Court to overturn an earlier decision which sees it pay for the temporary accommodation of the displaced residents.
# buildings
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.
# local property tax
Property tax exemptions now available online
Priory Hall is the only development in Dublin which has been exempted from the tax.
# need to know
The Evening Fix... now with added gingers
Here are all the things we learned, loved and shared today.
# Priory Hall
Minister for housing says ex-residents of Priory Hall are 'in a dreadful situation'
Minister of State Jan O’Sullivan also spoke of Ireland’s ghost estates, the pyrite crisis, and her plans to end homelessness.
# Priory Hall
Priory Hall: 'The Tenements of the Boom'
One ex-resident went back to the doomed development last weekend. This is what she found.
# need to know
The Evening Fix… now with added hovering DeLorean
Here are the things we learned, loved and shared today.
# Priory Hall
Priory Hall residents exempt from property tax, but problems persist
With the management company for the development having been wound-up, residents now have a lease with a company that no longer exists.
# Priory Hall
Priory Hall residents hold vigil ahead of second Christmas
The residents are calling on all parties to work quickly to put an end to their ‘homelessness’.
# Tom McFeely
In pics: Tom McFeely's house... yours for just €3m
What bankrupt developer of faulty apartments used to live in a mansion like this?
# NAMA
McFeely house goes up for sale as he loses repossession appeal
Bankrupt property developer must give up the keys to number two Ailesbury Road in Dublin 4, which goes on sale for €3m.
# In Pictures
Another Christmas out of their homes, Priory Hall residents still 'in the dark'
Residents are now heading into their second Christmas out of their homes.
# Priory Hall
Priory Hall: Legal action by DCC is of no benefit to ex-residents
While the DCC has spent over €300,000 on surveys and engineering in relation to Priory Hall, its ex-residents don’t have the same resources.
# evening fix
The Evening Fix... now with added German 'ah here'
Here’s the things we learned, shared and loved today. And yes, this picture does show cows, racing.
# Priory Hall
PICTURES: Tears at the Priory Hall protest march
Hundreds have turned out to mark a year since they were forced to leave their homes.
# Priory Hall
Minister Hogan will meet Priory Hall residents once resolution process complete
The news comes as the residents partake in a ‘March for Justice’ to mark the one year anniversary of their evacuation.