Fair play to the fire brigade.
They deserve every cent they get.
In fact anyone who can save my life should be the last to face cuts.

Hope its not one of the Georgian houses – Aldborough house is on that street and vacant for years.

If it is Aldborough House – which I really hope it is not – Dublin City Council’s official records should show that they have been written to on a number of times (particularly April 14th 2011) advising them of the “inevitability of important heritage buildings being destroyed by further vandalism and arson if appropriate measures are not taken to provide protection”.

That correspondence specifically states Aldborough House as one such building that was clearly vulnerable, and moreover has a paragraph outlining why protective action is / was required.

Yup, John I think it is….one of my favourite buildings in the city. Seems to be the fate of many of these empty buildings.

http://archiseek.com/2010/1803-aldborough-house-portland-row-dublin/

I was trying to get something done with Aldborough House about six months ago but got nowhere. I contacted some prominent politicians who seemed helpful but did nothing, I did research into who owns it which threw up some interesting information and tried to raise awareness of what the lovely building was being used for in its decay, but all fell on deaf ears.

This is a shameful event that could have been avoided but was not, now it is ruined.

The building bounced around between a few developers and is now in the hands of Bank of Ireland. Some people made lots of money by letting this building go the way it did. It was supposed to become a private hospital, but that never transpired, instead someone doubled their money on it and left it to ruin.

Just took a walk around the block. It is Aldborough House. No discernable damage from outside but a DCC worker on the street tells me that it was indeed aflame on the inside. He spoke of the regular vandalism to this building, a small building to the front was set alight around three months ago, I’m told this small outer building was used by addicts and homeless people until it was burnt out and boarded up. It appears that the main building itself is also now occupied regularly. I pass the building every now and then and see no security on it and a few times seen people hopping over the small fence in front. I think the community should take ownership of this building, in trust, and turn its fortunes around. The council don’t care for the problems it’s creating and the owners, I believe it to be Bank of Ireland now since the developers who owned it went bust, aren’t doing much with it.

The fire brigade are talking about strike, because of pay cuts,
While our overpaid politicians get a very healthy pay cheque, plus substancial perks.
Labour TD. Are voting for this.

Hang your head in shame Gilmore……

If the government had not bailed out the bondholders this house would not have gone on fire. It is just kicking the can down the road. Where will it all end?