Questions are being raised about whether homes built without planning permission should be demolished.
Questions are being raised about whether homes built without planning permission should be demolished, in the midst of a housing crisis.
Research by the Irish Independent has found hundreds of houses, log cabins and granny flats have been built without permission over the last 15 years.
Local authorities are responsible for taking enforcement action against the home-owners in question and having the properties demolished.
But Ferbane's Kevin Doyle, Group Head of News at Mediahuis, says many are granted retention permission and are allowed to remain in their homes:
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