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Yahoo
07-07-2025
- General
- Yahoo
'I can't live like this anymore': Grans demand action after repeated flat flooding
Two grandmothers in Easterhouse have suffered repeated flooding coming from flats upstairs – with one woman living elsewhere for two years because of the problems. Residents are calling for landlords and housing providers to do more to protect buildings in the area as one of the flats above is rented out while the other one houses asylum seekers. Linda Doyle, of Denmilne Street, was flooded three times in May and June with water pouring through her bathroom ceiling and once in the living room. She also had flooding last October. Great-grandmother Linda, 67, who lives underneath a flat managed by Mears, which provides asylum seeker accommodation, said she feared the water was 'pouring through' her lights. She said: 'It is just constant. I am getting fed up with it. I can't live like this anymore. I can't do anything because of the constant water coming through. It is really unfair.' Although faced with initial problems of trying to report the issue, Linda eventually got through to Mears who have sent out plumbers and a 'helpful' supervisor visited. But she wants the problem permanently solved – and Mears have now agreed to fix her ceiling. (Image: LDR) Linda said: 'I want the pipework to be checked and want them to make sure the bath is sealed. I have worked hard to get my property – sometimes I feel like walking away. There are a lot of different tenants. They are often nice and don't bother me as long as they are not noisy. But it's the flooding. I have had enough.' A Mears spokesman said: 'We're sorry for the inconvenience caused by the water leaks from one of our properties. The source of the leaks has been resolved and the ceiling in the affected flat has been repaired and now that it is dry, it is being redecorated this week. We're grateful for the resident's patience and pleased to hear positive feedback about our staff.' Another grandmother who lives nearby hasn't been home for more than two years in Lochdochart Road due to repeated flooding problems from the rental property above her. The leakage led to her ceiling collapsing in 2023. City Building workers turning up to assess the situation as it was considered a hazard by environmental health. The homeowner, who does not want to be named, said: 'It has been leaking on and off for couple of years – it stopped for four to six weeks and then started again.' Her property is at ground level – and the first-floor flat above is rented out through a letting agency Easy Let. READ MORE: TRNSMT food prices REVEALED including £15.50 pizza After repairs were carried out following the collapse of the ceiling as she waited for the plaster to dry more water came in. Describing how she works hard to 'pay for' the property while it is 'ruined,' the 65-year-old said: 'It is causing me grief. I have no insurance now. I have had to stay with different people.' Easy Let was contacted for comment. Dennis Docherty, chair of the Denmilne Community Action Group, has been campaigning for landlords and Mears to take more action regarding the maintenance of communal buildings and gardens in the Easterhouse area. He said: 'Why is the Government paying landlords so much and not holding them accountable? Buildings are falling into disrepair.' The residents have issues with messy gardens, dirty closes, missing glass in doors and roofs needing repairs among other complaints.
Irish Times
29-05-2025
- Business
- Irish Times
Trinity College records €50.2m surplus as investment re-evaluation boosts bottom line
Trinity College Dublin (TCD) has recorded a surplus of €50.2 million, its largest since the Covid pandemic, driven by gain of €36.7 million on its balance sheet after a re-evaluation of its investment portfolio. Ireland's oldest university recorded a net operating surplus of €15.4 million, before accounting for its unrealised investment valuation change. 'The total surplus recorded this year, though positive, is largely a paper gain,' said Dr Linda Doyle, the provost. 'It relates to the once-off valuation of investment assets and such valuations can go down as well as up.' Trinity's chief financial officer, Louise Ryan said the university's finances are 'finely balanced' and that 'the absence of a long-term sustainable funding model for the higher education sector needs to be resolved'. READ MORE The university's consolidated income rose by €40.1 million to €543.3 million in the year to September 30th last, which was attributed to a 3.5 per cent increase in student numbers to 22,120, increased State funding, and donation and investment income. Research grants and contracts dropped slightly, from €125.9 million to €123.7 million. Academic fees received by the university topped €200 million for the first time, jumping from €198.7 million to €209.5 million. Broken down, 48 per cent of all academic fees came from non-EU students, despite that group accounting for only 21.2 per cent of the student population. Those students drove much of the increase in fee revenue. Visitor income increased to €33 million from €28 million, despite a high-profile five-day blockade of the Book of Kells by Trinity College Dublin Students' Union and TCD BDS [Boycott Divestment Sanctions]. Income from its rental student accommodation also increased by €1 million to €22 million last year. [ Retail sales increase as consumers enjoy real wage hike Opens in new window ] The 9 per cent increase in the university's total income was largely balanced by a 7 per cent increase in total operating expenses, to €610.7 million. The increase was largely accounted for by a nearly €25 million increase in staff costs. The university spent €61 million in capital investment on and off campus, its highest since 2020 when it spent €67 million, bringing its cumulative spend in that period to €258 million. Despite a strong financial year, Trinity warned that 'inflationary pressures and wider global events continue to bring challenges' in the current year.
Irish Times
03-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Irish Times
In pictures: Trinity College Dublin scholars from 1955 onwards assemble for photograph
A lively gathering of Trinity College Dublin's scholars of the decades took place this week on campus, on the same day that the new scholars and fellows were announced by provost Dr Linda Doyle. As our photographs show, the well-dressed scholars span a number of generations. Scholars from 1955, and every 10 years thereafter, were honoured at the event on Monday. Previous scholars at Trinity include former president Mary Robinson, writer Samuel Beckett and film director Lenny Abrahamson. Names of people in the group photograph Names for the group photograph Dressed for the New Scholars and Fellows group photograph Scholars arrive for their photo Ian MaCauley, Stephen Barcoft, Bryan Wilkson and John House take their seats for the photograph Scholars of the Decades at Trinity College Dublin Every subject gets a card to show them their location within the group photo Retired senator David Norris and Janet Moody Preparing for the photograph Rameen Fatima, philosophy, political science, economics and sociology New Scholars and Fellows The group assembles Smiles ready Trinity Scholars are selected on the basis of a special and particularly searching noncompulsory examination, typically taken a little more than midway through the senior freshman (second) year of undergraduate study. READ MORE Students must show exceptional commitment, discipline and motivation if they are to display sufficient merit to be elected to the position of scholar. There are some perks. Scholars are entitled to have their course fees waived and to take rooms on campus, among other things. Following tradition, the provost stands on the steps of the Public Theatre in Front Square at 10am to read the names of new scholars and fellows on what is known as Trinity Monday.
