Priory Hall Building Branded A 'Death Trap'

Dublin Bay North Labour Party TD Seán Kenny has said that An Garda Síochána should consider a criminal investigation into what happened at Priory Hall.

Mr Kenny said: "It is my view that 256 lives were endangered at Priory Hall by building what can be shown to be a death trap and I also believe that the negligence involved in doing so requires a criminal investigation. The residents of Priory Hall are tired of waiting for answers, of waiting for others to do something for them.


"They are still in limbo, and they are unlikely to ever return to Priory Hall because the quality of the building is so badly compromised. This situation has dragged on for far too long. A criminal investigation would, in my view, go some way to at least providing answers into how Priory Hall was allowed to be built in the awful way that it was.

"While I know that the courts have cleared Dublin City Council to bring proceedings against him, the fact is that the present court cases in which Tom McFeely is involved with will do nothing to alleviate or resolve the position that the residents of Priory Hall find themselves in. It is their situation that concerns me the most.

"It is time the Priory Hall residents got justice and one of the ways for that to happen is for a criminal investigation into the matter."