Patricia Barber, who has lived in her house since 1967, learned of it's planned demolition from a chance spotting of a planning notice. Photograph: Dan Dennison
Patricia Barber (83) has lived in the same house in Ballymun, Dublin, since 1967.
Barber had no intention of leaving until a planning application appeared in August threatening to raze it to the ground.
She was never informed of the plan to knock down her home of 58 years until a site notice appeared on the green outside detailing a new 463-unit development by Tuath Housing Association, an approved housing body.
“The neighbour knocked on me door and he just said to me: ‘Patty, they’re going to take down your house.’ I was thinking: ‘Feck off with yourself,’ but that’s exactly what it said. I couldn’t believe it,” Barber says.
The planning application to Dublin City Council shows the scheme spans over three hectares of land, including the Coultry Road site, where the fo
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