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Children In Home Affected By Pyrite Fear Their Rooms Will Cave In.

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Families appeal a decision by Mayo County Council to reject their application to a redress scheme.

A father's described how his children live in fear that their rooms will fall down due to issues with pyrite.

It comes as a number of families appeal a decision by Mayo County Council to reject their application to a redress scheme.

20 families were deemed ineligible

Ballina man and father of four, Duane Helly says he cannot understand why his application was turned down, even though an engineer's report confirms his home is impacted:

Dwayne Helly says he ongoing controversy is having an impact on people in the area:

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