Judge gives architect 'breathing space' to fix houses

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Archiseek / Ireland / News / 2006 / August 12

A Dublin architect lost his professional practice almost overnight after he had been featured in an RTÉ Prime Time programme, the High Court was told yesterday. David Grant faced imprisonment yesterday for having failed to comply with a January 2005 court order to reinstate four protected Georgian buildings to which he had carried out extensive unauthorised works. Carol O'Farrell, counsel for Dublin City Council, had applied to Mr Justice Declan Budd to have Grant committed to prison for contempt of court. She told the court Grant had made very little progress in raising the funds he needed to restore the buildings to their original status and comply with the order. David Grant, Haddington Road, Dublin, told Mr Justice Budd he experienced serious personal and financial difficulties resulting from media coverage he received in the Prime Time programme in March 2005.

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