Schools not up to Fire Safety standards

jwwb

One North County School (Lusk Rush Educate Together) has had €800,000 spent on remediation after it coming to light that it only had one-third statutory levels of fire protection.

Five other schools built at the same time by the same company being examined.
Ardgillan Community College
Mulhuddart National School (now known as Scoil Naomh Lucais)
Belmayne Educate Together / St Francis of Assisi
Greystones Educate Together / Gaelscoil na gCloch Liath
Mullingar Educate Together

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dslamjack

And like Priory Hall , Longboat Quay etc ,no criminal ramification's for those who ''inspected'' and passed these building's as fit for human use or habitation.
Those of us that remember and can never forget the Stardust,that terrible St Valentine's night in 1981 when 48 young people died and over 200 other people injured some horribly.
We were promised then that Ireland's fire law's would be the strictly and robustly enforced , and that they would be among the most stringent fire law's in the world, what a sick sad joke all that turned out to be.
Where are the Fire officer's /Hsa inspector's, local council inspectors etc , what are these people paid to do.
What's worse is there are 100's, possibly 1000's of these apartment block's out there just waiting to catch fire(god forbid),the death toll's in these death trap's could reach the hundred's.
Another inspection that spring's to mind , was the genius who inspected the Malahide Viaduct a week before it collapsed at the peak of rush hour.
It too was passed as being safe and sound,(despite warnings from the local sea scout's that the footing's were being eroded and washed away)it's only thank's to a hero train driver who ran to warn on coming train's about the Viaduct's collapse that a total disaster was averted.
If it had not been for him, we could still be burying the dead now.
As I type the architect who designed Longboat Quay is on Joe Duffy saying it was a quality build.Yes indeed as we all know there are many quality built estates riddled with pyrite littering NCD's landscape,don't think I've ever heard boo from Fcc on this subject.
Maybe we only have our selves to blame,we all used to laugh during the septic tiger day's about mickey mouse building standard's and how all these house's and apartment's would end up floating out around the Isle of Man after a hurricane or big storm.
It has been know here for year's that the profession's are a law on to themselves,self regulation if any at all, even the troika recognised that the profession's here needed to be over hauled and heavily regulated(think it was one of their few good suggestions).
There again , the Dail when it's occupied is made up of good many of the professional set, not much scope for change there then , when any more than the usual motley crew turn up,no matter what their ilk.
Sadly the more things change the more they stay the same,it seem's in this country by putting up a brass plaque or pulling on a business suit , it gives the bearer carte blanche immunity to do as they like at will in the pursuit of the fast buck with absolutely no accountability,be it financially or legally , morally or anything else to their customers, the public and the country as a whole.
Maybe with election knockers coming around in november , is saying any thing worth it, well ye live in hope.