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Wed 05 May 2010State accused of UN rights breach over flats squalor
THE STATE is breaching a UN convention on social rights by failing to provide adequate housing conditions for residents of Dublin's Dolphin House flats, the president of the Irish Human Rights Commission has said.
Dr Maurice Manning was speaking at a "human rights hearing" on the conditions in the south inner city flats which have sewage backing up into sinks and baths and mould covering entire walls of bedrooms.
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