Concerned with slow movement in bringing in new national standards amid the concrete block scandal, Donegal County Council has taken things into its own hands. In February, chief executive John McLaughlin told Highland Radio that the local authority in the county, ground zero for the crisis, was adopting its own, more stringent, standards in tenders for social housing projects in the county.  “What we’re trying to do is to make sure we don’t repeat the problem on blocks,” he said, which were all certified to the current Irish standards.  The Government, along with the National Standards Authority of Ireland, is…

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