A fire inspection reportedly uncovered 34 beds crammed into a single bungalow in Killiney, south Dublin, being used to house staff connected to a group of Chinese restaurants.
The company directors told the Sunday Independent that the highest number actually staying there was 26, that the workers were not charged rent and that the company was paying €3,900 per month for the property.
But after an unannounced inspection, the bungalow was reportedly declared a potentially dangerous building under fire-safety legislation.
So how did dozens of workers end up being accommodated in one ordinary Dublin bungalow? Why were new staff arriving before suitable housing had been secured? And is this an isolated case—or simply the first house somebody happened to inspect?
In this video, I examine the extraordinary report, the explanation offered by the restaurant operators and the wider collision between Ireland’s immigration, employment and housing policies.
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