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In Our Defence: Squatters Rights

Every week on Gavin Dowd explores a court case that made history here in Ireland, but also worldwide. From the bizarre to the historic, weird to the unconstitutional we find out just why these cases have left a lasting legacy.

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17.54 29 Mar 2022


In Our Defence: Squatters Rights


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17.54 29 Mar 2022


Every week on The Hard Shoulder Gavin Dowd explores a court case that made history here in Ireland, but also worldwide. From the bizarre to the historic, weird to the unconstitutional we find out just why these cases have left a lasting legacy.

This week Gavin joined Kieran to discuss the case of Dunne vs Iarnród Éireann. From 1977 to 2007 Denis Dunne occupied a patch of land next to Clondalkin Railway Station in Dublin. He erected some structures and used the land to keep horses belonging to locals. This land belonged to CIE, who owned the adjoining station. As a squatter, Mr Dunne sought to rely on the law of adverse possession to assert his ownership over the patch of land...

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