Darragh Nolan

And in the end, again, they were successful.

That project did not go ahead in the end.

It sticks in the mind, I think, for people, this one, because it went on for so long.

It went on for a number of years, this dispute.

And also it had so many different elements to it as well, some of which were quite interesting, I think, as well.

So Pat Kenny and his wife, Cathy, they objected initially to plans for apartment blocks.

And this was a site near their home in Dockie in Dublin.

It would have been 18 apartments along with six houses on a 1.4 acre site adjacent to their home.

Planning permission was actually granted for that in 2019.

But we might put a pin in that and get back to it later because there is another thing that comes in.

And this is again on a site adjacent to the home of Pat and Kathy Kenny in Dawkey, a 104 bedroom nursing home.

So a much bigger development than the initial proposal for the houses in one way.

So on what grounds were they objecting it to?

A few different things.

They said there would be a loss of light on their property that would result from the proposal and that would be disastrous for them.

And also arguing as well that there would be a detrimental impact on their home and on other residents in the area.

But this is, I think, probably the most memorable and the most interesting element of this whole planning dispute over this nursing home and docky.

The fate of a Badger family was very much, I suppose, at the centre of it.

And Pat Kenny spoke about this publicly in interviews, actually.

And he said over the course of the years that this dispute was going on, starting off in 2021 and only resolving this year,