In July 2022, it began: A torrent of High Court cases were filed against concrete supplier Cassidy Brothers, Donegal County Council, and the National Standards Authority of Ireland (NSAI). The writs landed in their hundreds and continued to issue in smaller batches and dribs and drabs for over a year until there were approximately 1,300 in the system. Upwards of a decade after the mica scandal first broke, homeowners in Co Donegal and the northwest who had watched their houses crumble and crack as a result of defective concrete blocks were making a strike for accountability and compensation. This would…

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