A MAN who faces prison for building a house higher than his planning permission allowed has told a judge he does not have the money to remedy the situation.
Tim Dixon, for Thomas Walsh, Ashlawn Park, Ballybrack, Co Dublin, said yesterday that a number of banks were pursuing Mr Walsh in regard to arrears.
He had been attempting to raise funds to comply with Circuit Civil Court orders directing him to reduce the height of the roof and to remove dormer windows.
Mr Dixon said that complying with the court orders would require demolition of the property.
Mr Walsh’s next-door neighbour, Narding Pel, had been granted the orders and yesterday asked Judge Jacqueline Linnane to attach and commit Mr Walsh to prison for having failed to comply with the orders.
Judge Linnane adjourned the application to attach and commit Mr Walsh until mid-May during which time the bank should be served with a complete set of pleadings and documents in the case.
The judge accepted as a temporary measure an undertaking from Mr Walsh to block up from the inside the dormer windows in the roof.