{"id":312373,"date":"2026-02-23T03:34:11","date_gmt":"2026-02-23T03:34:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/312373\/"},"modified":"2026-02-23T03:34:11","modified_gmt":"2026-02-23T03:34:11","slug":"limerick-couple-who-have-nowhere-to-go-convicted-over-unauthorised-mobile-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/312373\/","title":{"rendered":"Limerick couple who have \u2018nowhere to go\u2019 convicted over unauthorised mobile home"},"content":{"rendered":"

A MARRIED couple who are living in an unauthorised mobile home<\/a> on the outskirts of Cappamore have been fined over their failure to comply with an enforcement notice requiring them to leave the site.<\/p>\n

Michael Conroy and Teresa Conroy, who say they have nowhere else to go, were prosecuted by the local authority following a complaint that was received more than two-and-a-half years ago.<\/p>\n

After a guilty plea was indicated by solicitor David Morris, planning enforcement officer Joe Cahill outlined the facts of the case to Judge Peter White.<\/p>\n

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He told Limerick District Court the mobile home is located on a site adjacent to the Bilboa River and that when he first visited the site, he also observed \u201ccorrugated sheets\u201d along the boundary, along with a hardcore surface and a bunded tank, which was being used for waste water.<\/p>\n

Mr Cahill said the tank was subsequently removed and that a portaloo is now being used by the defendants and their children.<\/p>\n

Judge White was informed an enforcement notice was served on the defendants in August 2023 and that they sought retention permission in May 2024 but that this was refused.<\/p>\n

Addressing the court, Mr Morris said his clients, who are on the council\u2019s housing list, have nowhere else to go and that they believe there is a house in the Caherconlish area which is \u201csuitable for them\u201d.<\/p>\n

Interjecting, solicitor Will Leahy, representing Limerick City and County Council, submitted Mr Morris was attempting to turn what he described as a planning matter \u201cinto a housing issue\u201d which it is not.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis court cannot allocate housing,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

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In reply Mr Morris said: \u201cAll I want is for my clients to be given an opportunity to look at the house in Caherconlish.\u201d<\/p>\n

While expressing some sympathy for the predicament the Conroys find themselves in, Mr Leahy noted the matter has been \u201cgoing on for a while\u201d.<\/p>\n

He said there has been more than a dozen separate court dates and that the total costs and expenses incurred by the council was more than \u20ac4,500.<\/p>\n

Addressing the court directly, Teresa Conroy said she was \u201cpleading for a home\u201d and she urged the judge not to direct them to leave – particularly as her children are attending school in the locality.<\/p>\n

Having formally convicted the defendants, Judge White imposed a fine of \u20ac300 on each of them.<\/p>\n

He noted it is open to the local authority to bring another prosecution if they don\u2019t vacate the site and he urged them to \u201ctake the opportunity given today\u201d.<\/p>\n

No order was made regarding the council\u2019s costs.<\/p>\n

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