Homeowner tells of relief as 32-month ‘nightmare’ of living next door to squatters ends
After a prolonged process involving Dublin City Council, gardaí and the High Court, the derelict property in Fairview has been vacated
The house at Cadogan Road in Fairview and, inset, a note left for David Wall at his home next doorAt 6pm one August evening almost three years ago, David Wall opened his front door on Cadogan Road in Fairview, Dublin, to find that squatters had moved in next door.Two young people, 17 or 18 years old, he reckoned, stood on his doorstep politely explaining that they had “broken in” to the derelict house beside his and planned on “taking possession”.
