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
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.