A Meath couple have lost their most recent battle to stop their house from being demolished.
Rose and Chris Murray built their home in Bohermeen, near Navan, Co Meath, in 2007 without planning permission.
What followed was a near 20-year legal saga with Meath County Council, as the couple exhausted every avenue to keep their unauthorised home.
Over the years, the council refused five retention applications for the house, which included a proposal by the couple to partially demolish some of it.
Both the High Court and Supreme Court also ultimately ruled against the couple, ordering the entire house to be demolished.
This week the family were dealt a major blow when they were refused retention by An Coimisiún Pleanála, while the Court of Appeal also dismissed the couple’s legal challenge to the demolition order.
But is this the end of the road for the Murrays and their dream home?
And how does the public feel about knocking down homes in the middle of a housing crisis?
On today’s Indo Daily, Tessa Fleming is joined by Amy Molloy, Social Affairs Correspondent with the Irish Independent, to look at how a contentious ‘mini-mansion’ has caused a mega-headache for all involved.