Long-running legal battle comes to a close as High Court grants council permission to take possession of five-bedroom home

The house owned by Chris and Rose Murray at Faughan Hill, Bohermeen, Co Meath

The house owned by Chris and Rose Murray at Faughan Hill, Bohermeen, Co Meath

In March last year, solicitors acting on behalf of a couple who built their home without planning permission wrote to Meath County Council with a proposal.

After numerous failed retention permission applications, appeals and legal battles, Chris and Rose Murray sought to come to an arrangement. And not for the first time.