The mica issue

[bluesball]

Not lying telling the truth but was only in South Donegal maybe the northern part is Mica country.

 

[bluesball]

Almost 300 houses for sale on Daft in donegal and yet those whose houses are destroyed are looking for well over 400k from the government to rebuild.

 

[dennisfallen]

Was up in Donegal early September ,the place is riddled with big and beautiful houses all over the place and i failed to see 1 house destroyed by mica

So was I. Maybe we just didn't look hard enough.

 

[Happyhonkaman]

They must be lying so and the government are paying out nearly 3bn for the craic like.

top, top punning TOT

 

[TheOutdoorThreadmill]

top, top punning TOT

I so wish it was meant

 

[TheOutdoorThreadmill]

Not lying telling the truth but was only in South Donegal maybe the northern part is Mica country.

Can you the detect the effects of Mica on a house by driving past? Did you pass every house in South Donegal?

 

[PussyinBoots]

I work hard and pay every bit of my taxes.
Disgusted my tax dollar is going to these morons in Donegal.

 

[bluesball]

Me too

 

[jeepers]

The concrete levy introduced in the budget is causing friction among back benchers, Surely to god the quarry owners have to make a sizeable contribution,

No Jimmy. The builders and engineers are the problem. That same quarry supplied large parts of NI with the exact same products, but they're not having problems. The border doesn't magically remove mica, so what's the difference? It's that the blocks were used for the correct purpose and the correct render was used.

Just a heads up for anyone who's not a geologist: mica is present in practically every single rock type, bar limestone. Quarries in Ireland are situated in every rock type we have, but the problem only exists in places with a high driving rain index, where blocks of the incorrect strength were used.

 

[gaffer falls]