Overview
- Demolition is under way at the 577 sq m Bohermeen property after the council took possession on Monday under a High Court order, with gardaí and security securing the site and helping remove belongings.
- High Court Judge Richard Humphreys on Thursday refused to pause enforcement pending a purported European Court of Human Rights application, ruling that execution of court orders does not impede access to that court.
- The owners’ solicitor said an application to the European court had been made, while the council told the court no evidence of such a filing was provided.
- Orders remain in place to bring Chris and Rose Murray before the High Court for alleged contempt over breaching an undertaking to vacate, with a hearing due on Monday.
- Courts have repeatedly found the house was built in 2006 without permission after a smaller plan was refused, with the Court of Appeal last August finding a knowing breach and the Supreme Court declining to hear further appeals in November.