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Professor Paul Dunlop

10 months

When I bought my new Donegal home I never could have imaged having to demolish it 17 yrs later. I could never have imaged all the new neighbours having to do the same (49 of them). I have hardly a friend whose home isn’t destroyed by defective blocks, my community is in ruins

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Professor Paul Dunlop

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3 years

My 13 year old whose home has to be demolished because of #mica can't travel to Dublin to demonstrate, so he went to Free #Derry corner with me this evening as an act of solidarity & to ask @MichealMartinTD for 100% #micaredress . The Kids get it! @PaddyDiver4 @micaactiongroup

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Professor Paul Dunlop

@ProfPaulDunlop

10 months

Inishowen is in ruins and communities are being torn apart by this crisis. It is a desperately sad situation for families. You have to be in the middle of it to fully appreciate the devastation.

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Professor Paul Dunlop

@ProfPaulDunlop

10 months

@Marcusdstewart The houses were all certified as sound. It took around 10 years for the geological minerals in the concrete that caused the issue to start reacting. Builders wouldn't have known nor would engineers or architects. Block manufacturers should have known read👇

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Professor Paul Dunlop

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10 months

@Mikey1Jackson2 Did I say it was the tax payers fault? It's far from that and I don't agree that every innocent person in Ireland pay for this. The government decided to that instead of going after the suppliers. Many of us are now facing having to pay the same greedy rents plus a mortgage

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Professor Paul Dunlop

@ProfPaulDunlop

2 years

So hard to beat #Derry for a #Halloween buzz👻👻👻👻

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Professor Paul Dunlop

@ProfPaulDunlop

10 months

Thanks to the 2.4 million people who engaged with this tweet today you've made 7000 innocent families and ignored communities ruined by defective concrete blocks that little bit happier to know that there are people out there who care. I just wish our government felt the same.

Professor Paul Dunlop

@ProfPaulDunlop

10 months

When I bought my new Donegal home I never could have imaged having to demolish it 17 yrs later. I could never have imaged all the new neighbours having to do the same (49 of them). I have hardly a friend whose home isn’t destroyed by defective blocks, my community is in ruins

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Professor Paul Dunlop

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2 years

This is my 71 year old neighbors mica report. It arrived in her email this evening & she asked me to help her understand it. These are the only words in it that matter & I am unable to console her. This is the sharp end @DarraghOBrienTD , you never have to see the devastation 😢

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Professor Paul Dunlop

@ProfPaulDunlop

4 years

Yeah! I just recieved an amazing email informing me that I've been promoted to Professor @UlsterUni . Thanks to all my colleagues in @UlsterUniGES & @UlsterUniLHS & @ChrisClarkofBC for taking me under his wing many moons ago. Class news to get during these times @amgallagher_UU

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Professor Paul Dunlop

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2 years

Our first home visit of the day to a defective concrete block home by our international science delegates. They were so stunned seeing how Donegal families are being forced to live. They all can't understand how this was allowed to happen @DarraghOBrienTD .

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Professor Paul Dunlop

@ProfPaulDunlop

10 months

@ciaranupton Nowhere have I ever said this is the tax payers fault

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Professor Paul Dunlop

@ProfPaulDunlop

2 years

I think this is going to be one of the most closely watched court cases in the Irish state.....

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Professor Paul Dunlop

@ProfPaulDunlop

3 years

Hands up anyone in Donegal who lives in a mica house like this if you feel you've been let down because of failed regulations🙋‍♂️🙋‍♂️🙋‍♂️ #MicaFailedRegs

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Professor Paul Dunlop

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3 years

Well done to the two bus loads of children for getting up in the middle of the night to head to Dublin & give letters into the Dail to highlight the impacts of the mica crisis on them. @DarraghOBrienTD go out & talk with them. Commit to 100% redress & look after your citizens

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Professor Paul Dunlop

@ProfPaulDunlop

2 years

Tánaiste says public must bear cost of mica problem….but not the quarries that caused this €3Billion scandal that has ruined so many lives via @rte

Tánaiste says public must bear cost of mica problem

Tánaiste Leo Varadkar has ruled out abandoning a new levy on concrete blocks, telling the Dáil that the Government has socialised the cost of paying for the multi-billion euro mica problem.

www.rte.ie

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Professor Paul Dunlop

@ProfPaulDunlop

3 years

A simple request from a child who just wants to get on with her life instead of protesting outside the Dail today for 100% mica redress #MicaChildren

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Professor Paul Dunlop

@ProfPaulDunlop

1 year

The defective concrete block scandal is so full of wrongs It was wrong for @donegalcouncil to ignore @micaactiongroup when they alerted them about the problem It has wrong for families to have campaign for 12 years It was wrong to blame mica, when pyrrhotite is THE problem

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Professor Paul Dunlop

@ProfPaulDunlop

1 year

So that's a wrap! 400 kg of defective Donegal concrete blocks & cores from the inner & outer leaf & the rising walls. Importantly we now have foundation concrete samples. All packed & shipped to @Empa_CH , @LavalUniversity , @UConn & Concrete Research Testing LLC for analysis 👍

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Professor Paul Dunlop

@ProfPaulDunlop

1 year

Amazing to have set my out of office message to June 2023! Thanks @UlsterUni @UlsterUniGES for approving my sabbatical which began today to give me the time to deliver cutting edge research on Ireland’s defective concrete crisis with @Empa_CH @GeolSurvIE @UConn @universitelaval

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Professor Paul Dunlop

@ProfPaulDunlop

3 years

What sort of government would be happy to leave 1000s of families in distress & importantly what does that tell you about the country it's happening in? These are important questions for anyone following the Irish mica scandal @DarraghOBrienTD . What sort of country is #Ireland

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Professor Paul Dunlop

@ProfPaulDunlop

2 months

Massive turnout in Buncrana this evening....all of these people have lost their homes because of defective blocks & it's clear the government scheme is not able to deliver for them, this critical issue is far from sorted @DarraghOBrienTD .

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Professor Paul Dunlop

@ProfPaulDunlop

3 years

I grew up in #Derry during The Troubles, it was a shocking period to live through. I never imagined I'd have to be involved in another civil rights movement in the Irish Republic. #mica & pyrite defective blocks is ruining Ireland @DarraghOBrienTD do you not see the injustice?

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Professor Paul Dunlop

@ProfPaulDunlop

2 years

Why am I living in a country that has allowed this to happen to its citizens and why are the Irish Government dragging the pain out by not sorting out a workable mica redress scheme. If this is what 5 months does to a mica home, image what the ongoing wait will bring #MicaWhy ?

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Professor Paul Dunlop

@ProfPaulDunlop

3 years

Thanks so much @cooper_m and @TodayFM for giving me a chance to explain the impacts of the #micacrisis , Our families need #100percentredress #micaredress

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Professor Paul Dunlop

@ProfPaulDunlop

1 year

#Derry overlooked by Jupiter & Venus looked great this evening

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Professor Paul Dunlop

@ProfPaulDunlop

2 years

Leading MICA campaigner Paddy Diver resigns after 'receiving abusive texts'. Paddy Diver & his family should never have been subject to abuse by anyone after all the good he did for ordinary people caught up in the mica scandal

Leading MICA campaigner Paddy Diver resigns after 'receiving abusive texts'

A leading campaigner to get compensation for thousands of homeowners hit by defective MICA building blocks has resigned claiming he is the victim of "abusi...

www.sundayworld.com

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Professor Paul Dunlop

@ProfPaulDunlop

3 years

The #geography of Ireland’s infrastructure shows who counts most in #ireland , the NW is blank. Look at where the #Mica homes are located on the insert map & now ask yourself why @MichealMartinTD , @LeoVaradkar & @DarraghOBrienTD are resisting 100% #MicaRedress . End discrimination.

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Professor Paul Dunlop

@ProfPaulDunlop

2 years

Had to install the flood barriers in case Storm Barra brought high rainfall along with high winds. It's bad enough living in a home at risk of flooding, but I'm totally stressed that a structurally condemned mica riddled home will be able to withstand the force of flood waters😱

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Professor Paul Dunlop

@ProfPaulDunlop

2 years

I took @LavalUniversity profs Josee Duchesne & Benoit Fournier to see the impacts of defective concrete up close today before the conference tomorrow👇 . It's totally shocking what's unfolding in Donegal, we are numb to it, their fresh eyes looked horrified

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Professor Paul Dunlop

@ProfPaulDunlop

2 years

I wish @DarraghOBrienTD @MichealMartinTD and @LeoVaradkar were as sympathetic as this total Irish legend @packybon when it comes to mica. Let's get this crisis sorted #micaredress

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Professor Paul Dunlop

@ProfPaulDunlop

2 years

To all the innocent victims of the mica/pyrite scandal who campaigned tirelessly on Twitter & the streets to find a just solution to this crisis, I wish you all a peaceful Christmas. Let's all hope @DarraghOBrienTD delivers a just scheme for all in 2022 #micaredress #NoMoreMica

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Professor Paul Dunlop

@ProfPaulDunlop

3 years

@RyanTubridyShow gets why innocent families need 100% mica redress. After tonight's Late Late Show I hope everyone in Ireland watching gets it's too. It's time for change, it's time to end the mica scandal @DarraghOBrienTD . @micaactiongroup @MayoPyrite @ClarePyrite @PaddyDiver4

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Professor Paul Dunlop

@ProfPaulDunlop

8 months

Look at the state of my friends home who paid an engineer €7000 for a report in 2020 confirming it needs demolished. @donegalcouncil passed her case to @HousingAgencyIE on the "enhanced" scheme who won't make a decision until a visit in Q2 of 2024.The delay scheme strikes back👇

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Professor Paul Dunlop

@ProfPaulDunlop

2 years

When the TD's couldn't be bothered to come & see the problem of mica defective concrete in Donegal, Paddy Diver took it directly to them outside Leinster House. Paddy left no stone unturned to expose this scandal & fought 100% for justice for all #micaredress #MicaPaddysDay

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Professor Paul Dunlop

@ProfPaulDunlop

2 years

I've seen these a lot around Buncrana in the last few weeks. It's great that #JusticeForNoahDonohoe has strong support far and wide. The circumstances surrounding the death of this kid are shocking as is the #PSNI investigation.

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Professor Paul Dunlop

@ProfPaulDunlop

2 years

Thanks Paddy Diver for doing everything possible to highlight the absolute scandal of quarries & concrete manufacturers selling this crud for use in family homes. You made the mica scandal a national headline and forced the government to take this crisis seriously #MicaPaddysDay

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Professor Paul Dunlop

@ProfPaulDunlop

10 months

'Viral video exposes defective blocks crisis to millions'. Thanks @rachelindonegal for covering the message in my tweet & to the 3.1 million people worldwide who commented & shared it. You've made such a difference to the forgotten victims of Ireland👇

Viral video exposes defective blocks crisis to millions - Donegal Daily

FacebookTweetLinkedInPrint A video of a crumbling home in Donegal is reaching millions of people worldwide while shining a light on…

www.donegaldaily.com

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Professor Paul Dunlop

@ProfPaulDunlop

3 years

We need all of our politicians behind us tonight to ensure @DarraghOBrienTD does the right thing and delivers 100% #MicaRedress

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@ProfPaulDunlop

1 year

That was an excellent meeting with @lukeming & the @EU_Commission on Ireland's defective block crisis. We have a clear pathway now to lodge an official complaint on the Irish Government's failure to enact a functioning market surveillance system for quarries & concrete products

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@ProfPaulDunlop

2 years

Life shouldn't be a #micabattle . You expect your government to deal with humanitarian crises

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Professor Paul Dunlop

@ProfPaulDunlop

2 years

@GregHughes2 @highlandradio They should absolutely do everything they can to help Ukrainian people fleeing war and they should absolutely do everything they can to solve the defective block crisis at home. They can do both if they want to.

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Professor Paul Dunlop

@ProfPaulDunlop

2 years

After reading this I understand why #WeWantAnElection is trending in Ireland @DarraghOBrienTD . Sobbing mica families convinced me to put down no confidence vote, says McDonald. via @NewstalkFM

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Professor Paul Dunlop

@ProfPaulDunlop

3 years

According to the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, Survival rights: include the child’s right to life & the needs that are most basic to existence, such as nutrition & SHELTER. The human right to safe shelter is being denied to #MicaChildren in Donegal @DarraghOBrienTD

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@ProfPaulDunlop

1 year

For all of those who keep saying mica has been sorted...

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@micaactiongroup

1 year

Defective concrete homeowner Sharon, one of 7 brothers & sisters plus her parents who are all deeply affected by badly deteriorating houses, speaks about the pain and anxiety that her elderly parents are going through. @DarraghOBrienTD end the suffering now, this is cruel.

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Professor Paul Dunlop

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9 months

Big day for us today @uniofgalway welcoming the latest scientist to the Dunlop family! well done our Molly, so proud of you and your achievements, now going onto bigger things @MaynoothUni in September for your PhD 👏👏👏🍾🍾🍾❤️❤️❤️

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@ProfPaulDunlop

2 years

I couldn't believe my ears when the deputy's in the Dail just announced that the Minister for Housing @DarraghOBrienTD has now left the building and is not interested in hearing how rubbish his Bill is #RightThisTIme

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@ProfPaulDunlop

2 years

Retweet #MicaHomelessCrisis if you'd like to enter a mica free Donegal

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Professor Paul Dunlop

@ProfPaulDunlop

3 years

I'm looking forward to being part of the delegation going to Brussels to get the EU to shine a bright light into this very dark scandal that is causing nothing but stress & misery for ordinary familes #MicaSOS #micaredress

Elaine Morgan

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3 years

@mondello25 @IRLDeptPER @DeptHousingIRL @DarraghOBrienTD @MichealMartinTD @LeoVaradkar @EamonRyan @PaddyDiver4 @EDoherty_tweets Best of luck and thank you to the delegation going to Brussels on behalf of all homeowners affected with defective block. Shame on the Irish government they have not resolved this crisis by now #MicaBig3 #micafailedregs #micalimbo #micafamilies

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1 year

It's so important when dealing with complex problems to collaborate in interdisciplinary research teams. I'm so glad to be in the world class laboratories @Empa_CH on my sabbatical where we are continuing our research into the causes of Ireland's defective concrete block crisis

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@ProfPaulDunlop

3 years

“I am very much aware of the anxiety–massive anxiety and difficulty–that this is causing, & I really do recognise the difficulty of this for many, many homeowners,”said @Paschald to @PearseDoherty in the Dail in July. You have the power to end the difficulty & anxiety #MicaLimbo

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3 years

"7 Newton block in Dublin Vs 7 Newton block in Donegal" It is totally disgraceful that mica defective blocks were used to build family homes. Get yourself down to Leinster House today with @PaddyDiver4 and see for yourselves the reality of what homes are made out of in Donegal

Rob O'Hanrahan

@RobOHanrahan

3 years

"It's gonna happen again if it's not changed now" @PaddyDiver4 says this shows the difference between blocks in Dublin and blocks in Donegal. That's Weetabix in the middle, which crumbles by hand, the same as the Mica block on display. @VirginMediaNews

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2 years

This really beggars belief

Local authority bought five houses it knew had mica

News from the Irish Examiner's team of reporters

www.irishexaminer.com

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Professor Paul Dunlop

@ProfPaulDunlop

3 years

"Be there or be homeless". I'm standing with @PaddyDiver4 on 8th October. This is your time to say enough is enough. Join us in Dublin and help us end the mica scandal. #MicaProtest #micaredress @micaactiongroup @MayoPyrite @ClarePyrite @LmkActionPyrite @MicaRedress @ThePODShow1

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Professor Paul Dunlop

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9 months

A long drive to Ballina this week to pick up defective block samples from Mayo to start an in depth investigating into @MayoPyrite & what it's doing to homes in County Mayo. Thanks to engineer Simon Beale in Ballina for keeping samples from recently demolished homes #geoscience

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12 days

I've just listened to today's Dail Finance committee and @PadraigMacL assessment is right, only people who can access 10s of 1000s of euro are the ones who will be able to fix their homes. Why does this grant scheme have to be so difficult, families only wanted to fix their home

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@ProfPaulDunlop

9 months

Another Donegal defective block home bites the dust...like my own it didn't even last 17 years....and yet not one concrete supplier has been held to account for this €3 Billion and counting Irish humanitarian disaster 😡

Joseph Morgan

@mondello25

9 months

We were planning a 20yr celebration for our home in the near future but it didn't make it. Failed at 17 yrs.

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@ProfPaulDunlop

3 years

It's really hard walking around your neighbourhood and every home you look at is cracking apart because of mica concrete blocks. It's also hard talking to your friends & neighbours who are also cracking due to the stress of this. Mica causes cracks in different ways #MicaRedress

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@ProfPaulDunlop

3 years

Is this article like a joke? A regional breakdown of what is coming under the NDP?. Is there literally nothing to report for Northwest Ireland? And people wonder why Donegal is fighting for mica redress? RTE news : NDP: Commitments made to your region

NDP: Commitments made to your region

The National Development Plan - Project Ireland 2040 - will commit to expenditure on capital projects totalling more than €165 billion. Here is a breakdown of how it will affect various regions in...

www.rte.ie

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Professor Paul Dunlop

@ProfPaulDunlop

9 months

I'm very grateful to @KeithDugganIT for writing this detailed article on what we are living through & my science journey into the defective concrete scandal ‘I never thought I would be on the streets campaigning to ask the Government to pay for my home’

‘I never thought I would be on the streets campaigning to ask the Government to pay for my home’

Professor Paul Dunlop balances his professional life as a glaciologist with an intense investigation into the defective blocks that are steadily and irreversibly ruining his family home

www.irishtimes.com

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Professor Paul Dunlop

@ProfPaulDunlop

2 years

The New Year is seen as a time of hope, of new resolutions to make positive changes in life...there is no such luxury for innocent mica victims who cannot move forward and are stuck living with #MicaAnotherYear @DarraghOBrienTD @McConalogue @LeoVaradkar @MichealMartinTD

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@ProfPaulDunlop

2 years

I was dreading checking the mica cracks at the house today in case storm Barra made things worse...I really hate living in a mica home that's been condemned for demolition #MicaStorm #MicaScaleOut #MicaRedress

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@ProfPaulDunlop

3 years

The kids of Donegal have more dedication to the citizens of Ireland than this Irish Government. They were out supporting #mica families today in Buncrana seeking a #micaredress scheme that works for all..

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@ProfPaulDunlop

3 years

The failure to regulate the concrete industry why we have a mica crisis & how much could have been saved if the Government had have acted 10 years ago when they were 1st warned. @DeptHousingIRL have some nerve to complain about families seeing 100% redress

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1 year

Born in 69 Derry I lived through the worst of The Troubles. Our young lives were ruined by a background of sectarian and political violence which we somehow normalised. I voted YES for the Good Friday Agreement & celebrated at the Kings Hall with my friends when it was passed.

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1 year

It is so important that the EU arecoming to see this Irish concrete disaster given EU regulations were broken. Thanks @lukeming for sticking with this & to @EDoherty_tweets @AnnOwens2021 @mondello25 & their delegation for taking this to the @EU_Commission

Members of PETI Committee to visit Donegal to see impact of defective block crisis first-hand -...

Members of the European Parliament Petitions Committee are to travel to Donegal later this year to see first-hand the effects of the defective concrete block crisis in the county. In December 2021,...

highlandradio.com

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2 years

Sick of mica, sick of having our lives put on, sick of all the waiting why the protracted #MicaDelay @DarraghOBrienTD is 10 years of suffering not long enough? #MicaSOS

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3 years

Thanks Seamus O'Donnell @SpotlightTV_kic for coming to discuss what #Mica is, which rocks it comes from & why it is shouldn't be used in concrete. The show airs in Britain & Europe on Sky365 & @freesat_tv 516 in a few weeks, the world is watching @DarraghOBrienTD @PaddyDiver4

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1 year

@LeoVaradkar Then hope to fix the defective concrete homes of Donegal because if anything in Ireland needs some hope injected into it, it's this tragedy

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3 years

Mica campaigners will go to the ends of the Earth and stop at nothing to highlight the plight of innocent mica familes. Just back from an amazing day out with filming with @UTVNews discussing the risks of living in mica homes Vs doing risky sports..watch this space #micaredress

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2 months

@rtenews I wonder why?

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1 year

Delighted to be bringing our @UlsterUniGES @Empa_CH led science into the causes of defective concrete block failure to the @EU_Commission today

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2 years

Imagine this was your home, built from mica blocks, where is the government investigation promised by @DarraghOBrienTD into who is responsible for 1000s of #MicaBrokenHearts in Donegal? At an estimated cost €2 Billion to remediate you would think the motivation would be high?

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3 years

Just in case the @Paschald is thinking we've gone away... #MicaDDay #MicaRedress

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8 months

"Thousands of houses are falling apart in Ireland. And the horror doesn't want to end". You might need to run this one through google translate, but this has been read by over 70k readers in Switzerland last weekend when it came out in @watson_news 👇

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Professor Paul Dunlop

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2 months

Our analysis of defective concrete scientifically explains why it crumbles like this. The concrete aggregates are full of pyrrhotite which releases sulfur, creating sulfuric acid which then attacks & consumes the cement paste creating ettringite & thaumasite. #ThePeoplesDocument

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4 months

Defective concrete homeowners to lodge formal EU complaint against Irish Government "The primary objective of the EU Escalation is to avoid subsequent generations finding themselves in the same scenario as we find ourselves today" 👇

Mica homeowners to lodge formal EU complaint against Irish Government - Donegal Daily

FacebookTweetLinkedInPrint A formal complaint is set to be lodged with the European Union on behalf of defective blocks affected homeowners…

www.donegaldaily.com

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@ProfPaulDunlop

3 years

"Firm in mica controversy ordered to shut concrete plant" Ican hear the fireworks in Buncrana! Now hold an inquiry into how this was allowed to happen in Donegal so it can NEVER happen to another family in Ireland @DarraghOBrienTD #MicaPublicEnquiry

Firm in mica controversy ordered to shut concrete plant

A building firm caught up in the mica scandal has been instructed to shut down one of its plants following an investigation into planning issues, Independe...

www.independent.ie

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@ProfPaulDunlop

3 years

Massive turnout today in Liiford Donegal. 1000s of ordinary people having to fight for their homes...who'd have thought it would have to come to this @DarraghOBrienTD @LeoVaradkar @MichealMartinTD make the right choice in September & give 100% Redress. #MicaRedress @PaddyDiver4

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2 years

Retweet if who would love to hear how the @DarraghOBrienTD Government hot pursuit to identify the quarries and suppliers responsible for the €3 Billion defective concrete crisis is going. Any word from government @sob999 ? @ColemanLegalP seem to be doing a much better job already

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3 years

Speaks volumes about the unfolding crisis in #Ireland when it captures the attention of internationally renowned photojournalist Michael Kienitz, who's over covering the defective block scandal. Good to get a chance to speak in our mica home before it gets demolished #MicaRedress

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11 months

2 years ago 1000s of innocent victims caught up in the national defective concrete blocks disaster marched in Dublin to highlight this crisis demanding 💯 redress. 2 years on the @DarraghOBrienTD so called "enhanced" defective blocks grant scheme still isn't open for applicants.

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3 years

It's time to get off the fence and give 100% #MicaRedress now

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Professor Paul Dunlop

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11 months

25 years ago this month I was part of the first Irish expedition to Broad Peak and K2. We tried to climb both 8000m peaks in Alpine style, meaning without bottled oxygen, no high altitude porters carrying your gear, no fixed camps and no use of fixed rope. What a ride that was!

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3 years

I think everyone I know is here #MicaProtest

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2 years

@ACliff27 @Zuppy10 They look really happy too 😊

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2 years

I really feel for the mica families stuck inside caravans during Storm Barra...and to add insult to injury every bank is still taking mortgage payments off them...its just so wrong @DarraghOBrienTD #micaredress

Defective Blocks Ireland

@BlocksIreland

2 years

Not sure which is safer, letting Storm Barra pass in a crumbling home or a Mobil home. #MicaStorms are not safe, tell me which is the lesser of two dangers for my family???? 🙈🙈🙈

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Professor Paul Dunlop

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2 years

I hate my house too...how could anyone love a home that's cracking apart and falling down round your ears because of mica & pyrite. We didn't cause this scandal. The Government were warned & did nothing to stop it. Fund 100% #micaredress @Paschald . #MicaHomelessCrisis

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Professor Paul Dunlop

@ProfPaulDunlop

3 years

Please watch the last minute of @DarraghOBrienTD speaking about the Pyrite problem in Dublin before he was Minister of Housing & Local Govt in #Ireland . His support for 100% redress in Leinster & not for Donegal is nothing less than unjust discrimination

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Professor Paul Dunlop

@ProfPaulDunlop

3 years

For more than 1 year we were all told to stay home to stay safe...but when you find out that your home in Donegal is no longer safe, what else can the people do but take to the street to get their voices heard @MichealMartinTD @micaactiongroup @rtenews

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Professor Paul Dunlop

@ProfPaulDunlop

2 years

This is the damage that Eileen and her children have to live with... This is the modern Ireland, and this was totally avoidable @DarraghOBrienTD

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Professor Paul Dunlop

@ProfPaulDunlop

10 months

@JonathanODea Yip that's concrete blocks manufactured in Donegal Ireland that are defective because the rock aggregate used had geological mineral Pyrrhotite that destroys concrete. You can read about why it's crumbling apart in our research paper here👇

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Professor Paul Dunlop

@ProfPaulDunlop

2 years

This is is what internal sulfate attack looks like close up in Donegal using a scanning electron microscope. This is thaumasite, a by-product of sulfur released by oxidised pyrrhotite, attacking the concrete block. Thaumasite sulfate attack destroys concrete. #RightThisTime

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Professor Paul Dunlop

@ProfPaulDunlop

3 years

Great to be part of the Pitch on the Pitch event at @buncranagaa to support fellow mica families & to meet with fellow mica campaigner @PattonPlunkett . Let's hope @mmcgrathtd and @DarraghOBrienTD deliver 100% #micaredress so we all don't end as a #MicaRefugee living in tents.

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Professor Paul Dunlop

@ProfPaulDunlop

3 years

" @MichealMartinTD come out" I bet he doesn't, he couldn't look them in the eyes...😞

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Professor Paul Dunlop

@ProfPaulDunlop

2 years

Paddy Diver had a #MicaPlan , it was clear and simple 100% Redress message to Government for mica victims. 1000s backed him because his message was right, it was just and it was fair which is why innocent victims followed him. Where is your integrity @fiannafailparty @FineGael ?

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Professor Paul Dunlop

@ProfPaulDunlop

10 months

@DonnaTh63642573 Thanks for the support & it’s great that the Pyrite victims got sorted out. This quote is from the Government report into the pyrite issue. It’s incredible that only a few years after this was published the defective blocks scandal broke. The Govt learnt nothing from pyrite👇

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Professor Paul Dunlop

@ProfPaulDunlop

3 years

On 8th April 1861, #Donegal Landlord John George Adair evicted 85 adults & 159 children from their homes and banished them to the roadside. 1000s of families caught up in the #Mica scandal face a similar fate if @MichealMartinTD fails to deliver a 100% #micaredress by #July31st

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Professor Paul Dunlop

@ProfPaulDunlop

3 years

The mica scandal happened because government did not regulate this industry & manufacturers self certify products & award their products a CE mark. As nothing seems to have changed, how can we be sure this can't happen again? Government need to enforce the regulations #MicaLies

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Professor Paul Dunlop

@ProfPaulDunlop

3 years

Went #climbing to the Poison Glen #Donegal today, first time in decades. It's such amazing granite in such a magical glacial valley!

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Professor Paul Dunlop

@ProfPaulDunlop

3 years

Out on solidarity in Buncrana with @PaddyDiver4 and 100s of mica families highlighting the need to fix this mica scandal. Show your support for 100% #micaredress by retweeting and using this hashtag

Paddy Diver

@PaddyDiver4

3 years

The @MerrionHotel said they couldn't cater to a crowd of more than 50 so we had to take to the streets of Buncrana instead Here in attendance with @ProfPaulDunlop Don't forget, TWITTER STORM at 5PM GMT GET TWEETING #MicaRedress

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