Many people are at risk of being evicted and made homeless after the Government’s announcement this week that it will exempt small cabin homes on family land, such as back gardens, from planning rules…

The plan has come too late for Andrea’s guest, who demolished his timber chalet-style home last month. Brendan McDonagh from Brittas lost an eight-year battle to keep a timber chalet-style home he built on his parents’ land in Brittas, in the foothills of the Dublin mountains. He was fined €2,000 in the District Court.

Brendan and his family did not qualify for HAP, and built their log cabin as a place for him, his wife and two children to live.

Since the demolition, their friends have rallied around them to set up a GoFundMe for the family.

Brendan joins Andrea to discuss, as well as Town Planner Derek Whyte.