Press Coverage

MICA campaigners fear a “tsunami of homelessness” as accommodation problems strikes hard-hit families who’ve had to leave their defective homes....

Defective concrete blocks in homes in Co Donegal are failing because of pyrrhotite and not mica, according to a study published in leading...

A secondary school teacher says students are not accepting college places as they are concerned about the financial implications to their mica...

It is “very frustrating” that nobody has been prosecuted for making defective building blocks, the Tánaiste has said. Leo Varadkar said the issue...

An Tánaiste Leo Varadkar viewed the horrendous reality of a mica-affected home on Friday, where a couple’s living room ceiling is propped up by...

Taoiseach Micheál Martin met with Mica Action Group members at two separate events in Buncrana and Burt today. This follows protests during his...

The Inishowen peninsula in Donegal is a place of extravagant beauty. But driving along the road from Letterkenny north into the peninsula, the signs...

A DEVASTATED mum and dad whose home is set to be demolished due to the severity of Mica damage have told how their six-year-old child keeps asking...

Taoiseach Michael Martin was in Donegal this afternoon in response to the Mica crisis. During a visit to the county, Martin met with two...

FAMILIES AFFECTED BY the use of concrete blocks with mica in their Donegal homes have criticised the State scheme set up to help them, labelling it...

Paddy Diver had earlier posted a video to his Facebook page, showing the devastating impact of mica on his family home. He also called for a boycott...

Although fewer than 100 people in Donegal have made applications to the Defective Concrete Blocks Grant Scheme, Housing Minister Darragh O'Brien...

Two of Donegal's relentless MICA Action campaigners marked a day of redemption this week after finally securing a redress scheme for local...

The Mica Action Group (MAG) has welcomed the redress scheme for homeowners affected by defective blocks used in the construction of their homes has...

Homeowners promised a multi-million euro redress scheme to fix defective building blocks say they are "disappointed" the scheme remains closed a...

Members of the Mica Action Group (MAG) brought the issue to an international stage yesterday (Sat) as they spoke at US conference. Ann Owens and...

Families living with the horror of crumbling homes built with defective blocks say they have been hit hard by Storm Erik. Householder say they have...

MICA Action Group (MAG) committee members, Micheal Doherty and Eamonn Jackson, travelled yesterday to Leinster House in Dublin to have a face to...

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has made some significant comments regarding redress after seeing a crumbling Mica-affected home in Inishowen today. Members...

A young mum has told how she is losing her mind as her dream family home crumbles around her after being built with blocks contaminated with Mica....

A devastating crisis has struck at the heart of Co Donegal which is wreaking havoc in homes, tearing lives, families and communities apart – and...

HUNDREDS of families affected by the defective blocks issue in Donegal have been given hope this Christmas with a Government commitment that a...

The Mica Action Group (MAG) told the 300-strong crowd at An Grianan Hotel on Wedneday that they are “not going away” and will continue to push for a...

DONEGAL TD Joe McHugh has welcomed the publication today of the expert panel’s report on Mica-affected homes in Donegal and Mayo and says he wants...

Hundreds of homeowners in Donegal are still waiting anxiously for a resolution after discovering that their houses are built with defective concrete...

THE Mica Action Group (MAG) confirmed today that the investigation into the issue of defective blocks in counties Donegal and Mayo has been...

CAMPAIGNERS seeking redress for "cracking and crumbling" homes have spoken to the minister in charge of housing ahead of the group's first meeting...

A Prime Time investigation into "crumbling" houses in Donegal has led to a "huge increase" in the number of homeowners coming forward with fears...

A Prime Time investigation into allegations that homes were built with defective blocks across Co Donegal including Inishowen will air tomorrow...

A former senior local government official has been asked to head a panel of experts looking into why concrete blocks used in buildings in Co Donegal...

MICA Action Group (MAG) has welcomed the announcement that an expert group will be set up shortly to investigate problems that have emerged in the...

INISHOWEN councillor Albert Doherty has told a local meeting of Donegal County Council that families whose homes were built with defective blocks...

More than 350 people attended the meeting of the MICA Action Group, which heard it would only be a matter of time before a house collapses. The...

A crowd of up to 350 people attended a public meeting in An Grianan Hotel Burt last night and were told that up to 2,000 properties in north Donegal...

One building block supplier has been responsible for cracks appearing in 97% of crumbling homes across Donegal, an angry meeting was told last...

A large crowd is expected at a meeting arranged for tonight to discuss the cracking and crumbling of homes across Donegal as a result of defective...

In the following Dáil exchange the ongoing plight of home-owners affected by Mica in Co. Donegal is put to the new Minister for the Environment,...

Everyone’s aware of pyrite and the misery and stress it’s caused, now Donegal could be facing a similar problem. At this stage – everyone’s aware of...