Paul Murphy raises mass eviction at Shannon Arms in Limerick
Paul Murphy raised the case of up to 60 families facing eviction at Shannon Arms in Limerick and alleged coordinated action by a consortium of landlords. He warned the evictions appear to use sale and renovation claims to remove tenants and urged protections and intervention.
Allegations of coordinated eviction
Paul Murphy said up to 60 families are facing eviction and that four landlords served notices on the same day, signed at the same place and witnessed by the same solicitor. Three of those landlords are said to be connected to the same construction company that built Shannon Arms.
Renovation claim and named landlord
He identified another landlord as Supermac's millionaire Pat McDonagh and said evictions in that case are being justified on the grounds of renovation. Murphy said the renovation claim is supported by a company run by McDonagh's son-in-law and raised the suspicion that other landlords may be selling properties to him.
Allegation of profit motive and legal evasion
Murphy warned that the pattern appears designed to allow mass evictions for profit and to evade the Tyrrellstown amendment, with concerns that rents will be hiked after properties change hands. He framed the situation as a potential misuse of sale and renovation grounds.
Calls for tenant protection and appeal to landlords
He urged landlords to protect tenants and not proceed with evictions given the difficulty of securing alternative accommodation. Murphy said he did not have full details of every case but pointed to protections and legislation implemented in this house to safeguard tenants and asked rhetorically, "What are you going to do about it?"
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I want to raise a scandalous case of a mass eviction at Shannon Arms in Limerick. Up to 60 families are facing eviction by a consortium of landlords. Four of the landlords are evicting on the grounds of sale. Noticeably, the notices for eviction were signed at the same place, witnessed by the same solicitor on the same day. Three of those landlords are involved in the same construction company, which built Shannon Arms in the first place. Another landlord is Supermac's millionaire Pat McDonagh. He is evicting his tenants on the grounds of renovation. That claim of renovation is backed up by a company run by his son-in-law. The suspicion is that the other landlords are selling their properties to Pat McDonagh and all of the rents will be hiked. Clearly, they are using this to evade the Tyrrellstown amendment, to have a mass eviction of families for the benefit of profit. What are you going to do about it? First of all, I think there are various protections there for tenants in the first instance. I am not involved in every single case, but I would appeal to the landlords in question to do everything they possibly can to protect those tenants and not evict those tenants, given the situation that we are currently in and the huge difficulties in securing alternative accommodation. I have not the full details of the case or of the situation. Again, I think there are, in terms of tenants, there are a lot of protection and legislation that has been implemented in this house to do everything possible they can to protect tenants in situations like this. CHAIRMAN SILVERMAN- The regional group. You're welcome. Thank you, it's been very helpful. Thank you, Mr. Coble. I am very happy to have some comments. There is a lot of protection, please. Thank you, Mr. Coble. I am very happy to have some details on that. Go ahead. A points, please. Thank you, Mr. Coble. I think we have. I would like to have a few comments. Yes, Mr. Coble. Let's say? Thank you, Mr. Coble. Let's say, Mr. Coble. A points, I'm very happy to see what has been implemented on and to encourage any event? Thank you, Mr. Coble, I'd like to say. Senator Coble.
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