Engineers Ireland members: state assessment of mica homes neither ‘fit for purpose’ nor scientific

https://www.ontheditch.com/neither-fit-for-purpose-nor-scientific/?ref=the-ditch-newsletter

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8 Comments

  1. MeinhofBaader on

    You have a layperson to the topic, like former attorney general Paul Gallagher, giving advice to the government based on potential political fallout, rather than scientific findings of the state’s own engineers. And that arsehole Varadkar gaslighting the nation with lies about larger than average homes.

    Meanwhile victims have been saying from the start. Excluding foundations, and ignoring iron sulfides from results has been a tactic by the government to try and downplay the scale of their fuckup.

    Like I always say, in a civilised country, a scandal like this would bring down the government.

  2. ghostofgralton on

    Nah, His Holiness The Attorney General has immense, impartial wisdom. He couldn’t be wrong on this

  3. apocolypselater on

    It’s about time the state admitted they messed up, mishandled the situation, attempted to weasel their way out of it and got caught – how can we ask out contractors and supply chain to uphold a standard when our government won’t!

    For their end the EU is bringing legal action as a result of their failure to monitor the markets to ensure CPR compliance.

  4. Street_Bicycle_1265 on

    The state’s position is they have volunteered to make payment to the victims but have accepted no liability.

    The victims have assumed the state has accepted liability and are obliged to pay compensation.

    This redress scheme was doomed from the start. The best option is wait for the courts to divide out the blame fairly to everyone involved.