'I know it was a mistake, but I just want a home to retire in', says man (70) who built house after planning refusals
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'I know it was a mistake, but I just want a home to retire in', says man (70) who built house after planning refusals
"In September 2005, the course of Declan Dunlea's life was altered forever. At the height of the Celtic Tiger, he ran a successful oil and fuel distribution business called Core Fuels. He lived with his family in a beautiful five-bedroom period home overlooking Monkstown Bay in Co Cork, and spent his spare time renovating vintage cars. "After I left school, I started my own business as a coal merchant and did that for 15 years," he said."
"Declan Dunlea is currently living in a converted railway carriage on the site. He is now seeking retention after council issued an enforcement notice."
Declan Dunlea currently lives in a converted railway carriage on the site and is seeking retention after a council issued an enforcement notice. In September 2005 his life changed; at the height of the Celtic Tiger he ran Core Fuels, an oil and fuel distribution business. He formerly lived with his family in a five-bedroom period home overlooking Monkstown Bay in Co Cork. He spent spare time renovating vintage cars. After leaving school he started his own business as a coal merchant and ran it for 15 years. The enforcement notice now threatens his current on-site residence.
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