{"id":257609,"date":"2026-01-22T08:10:09","date_gmt":"2026-01-22T08:10:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/257609\/"},"modified":"2026-01-22T08:10:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-22T08:10:09","slug":"couple-who-built-cabin-home-without-permission-sought-stable-permanent-residence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/257609\/","title":{"rendered":"Couple who built cabin home without permission sought \u2018stable, permanent residence\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-91174671_secondary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom4 indo-1d70522a_marginleft0 indo-1d70522a_marginright0 indo-1d70522a_margintop4\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\" data-testid=\"title-summary\">Family who had been on the council\u2019s housing waiting list for nine years are granted retention\n<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"The Somers\u2019 timber-clad house, which \u2018fits in well with its surroundings\u2019. Photo: Kilkenny County Council\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/THOMASTOWN LOG CABIN.jpg\" loading=\"eager\" width=\"100%\" data-testid=\"article-image\"  \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_caption1 indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_secondary indo-66f0fec7_regular indo-1d70522a_marginbottom0 indo-1d70522a_marginleft0 indo-1d70522a_marginright0 indo-1d70522a_margintop3 indo-b48c4984_left\" style=\"color:var(--color-grey-60)\">The Somers\u2019 timber-clad house, which \u2018fits in well with its surroundings\u2019. Photo: Kilkenny County Council<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom0 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">A couple who built a timber-clad home without planning permission said they did not think it was required.<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom0 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">Rebecca and Noel Somers erected a log cabin and storage shed, measuring 113 square metres, at Newhouse, Thomastown, Co Kilkenny, after spending years on the council\u2019s housing waiting list.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Family who had been on the council\u2019s housing waiting list for nine years are granted retention The Somers\u2019&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":257610,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[15008,807,3662,61,60,43],"class_list":["post-257609","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ireland","tag-amy-molloy","tag-housing","tag-housing-crisis","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/257609","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=257609"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/257609\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/257610"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=257609"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=257609"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=257609"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}