Theresa Fagan

And I...

I understand people have the argument we should all be living in towns and we should all be huddled together in villages.

But as someone who was born and reared in a rural community, the life that I feel I can give my children is second to none.

I personally, because I grew up in rural Ireland, I'm not sure I would know how to raise a family in rural

a more urban setting.

They go to a rural school, we're involved in the community, I'm personally involved in several different projects in the area and I just, the life that it gives to children I think is second to none.

And planning in Ireland, it doesn't value that.

Yes.

So our initial planning went in in 2017.

We were refused by Mayo County Council and subsequently refused by and board Planola.

So we moved further down the field.

We broke up the silage field on my brother.

But we eventually did get planning in 2021.

Unfortunately for us, because it took so long, my dad wasn't around to see us get into it.

It just, the toll of trying to just build a home.

And it wasn't, like, it's not a massive building.

It's a four-bed bungalow.

And we would have worked with the council for whatever design they wanted.

which is what we ended up doing.

We simply got a house that would get planning.