COUNTY Carlow is to be added to the Defective Concert Block Scheme, meaning that homeowners in Carlow will be able to apply for compensation if their homes were built using defective concrete.

KEITH and Lisa Brady began to suspect that something was wrong with their house near Tullow in 2021, two years after moving in. “We noticed cracking on the outside of one of the walls.

The decision on whether these properties will be included in the government-funded remediation programme now rests with the minister for housing

The mineral cause defects in building blocks, which lead to cracks and other problems in buildings and homes constructed with the defective block