The "mica crisis" in Donegal, Ireland – a case of internal sulfate attack?

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• Greg Hughs Show

  Dunlop, P.

  2/06/26

  1 Media contribution

  Press/Media: Expert Comment

• Foundations to be tested under revised defective concrete standard

  Dunlop, P.

  2/06/26

  1 Media contribution

  Press/Media: Research

• Derry homeowners impacted by Donegal defective concrete campaigning for redress

  Dunlop, P. & Kirby, K.

  6/05/26

  1 item of Media coverage

  Press/Media: Research

• Those affected by defective concrete blocks in Leitrim need to 'speak up'

  Dunlop, P., Doherty, E., Kirby, K. & Keenan, O.

  25/10/25

  1 item of Media coverage

  Press/Media: Research

• Podcast: Thursday’s Nine Til Noon Show on Ulster University research event in The Dail,

  Doherty, E., Dunlop, P., Kirby, K. & Keenan, O.

  23/10/25

  1 Media contribution

  Press/Media: Expert Comment

• Defective Concrete researchers present to Oireachtas members

  Dunlop, P., Doherty, E., Kirby, K. & Keenan, O.

  22/10/25

  1 Media contribution

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• Repair rate of defective homes in Donegal would take 127 years to clear

  Doherty, E., Dunlop, P., Kirby, K. & Keenan, O.

  17/10/25

  1 Media contribution

  Press/Media: Research

• Cracks in the System: The Human and Financial Cost of Ireland’s Defective Block Crisis

  Dunlop, P.

  28/08/25

  1 Media contribution

  Press/Media: Research

• Grootste bouwschandaal uit Ierse geschiedenis: duizenden woningen storten in (Translated as: Biggest construction scandal in Irish history: thousands of homes collapse)

  Dunlop, P.

  11/08/25

  2 Media contributions

  Press/Media: Expert Comment

• New DCB (defective concrete block) research must underpin future policy and decisions – McDermott

  Dunlop, P.

  15/04/25

  1 Media contribution

  Press/Media: Public Engagement Activities

• “Keep fighting, and hopefully the government will do the right thing” – DCB homeowner

  Dunlop, P., Kirby, K., Doherty, E. & Morgan, J.

  13/04/25

  1 item of Media coverage

  Press/Media: Public Engagement Activities

• Homes could be bought or sold if Govt accepts Mica is not the problem, conference told

  Dunlop, P., Kirby, K., Doherty, E. & Keenan, O.

  12/04/25

  1 item of Media coverage

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• Govt could have prevented concrete crisis but ignored EU Laws, expert tells Donegal conference

  Dunlop, P., Leemann, A. & Fecteau, P.-L.

  12/04/25

  1 item of Media coverage

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• Experts unite for international conference on defective concrete in Donegal

  Dunlop, P., Kirby, K., Keenan, O., Doherty, E. & Morgan, J.

  5/04/25

  1 item of Media coverage

  Press/Media: Public Engagement Activities

• Burt conference will present up to date research on defective concrete

  Dunlop, P.

  3/04/25

  1 Media contribution

  Press/Media: Expert Comment

• The Mineral Causing Home Foundations to Crumble

  Dunlop, P.

  18/12/24

  1 Media contribution

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• "The science is clear”: State finally accepts that pyrrhotite is key cause of defective block crisis

  Dunlop, P.

  7/11/24

  1 item of Media coverage

  Press/Media: Research

• Full technical review offered to downgraded defective block homeowners

  Dunlop, P.

  6/11/24

  1 item of Media coverage

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• Interview on new research paper about the effect of exposure conditions and concrete quality on pyrrhotite oxidation and internal sulfate attack on the Nine til Noon show, Highland Radio

  Dunlop, P. & Leemann, A.

  30/09/24

  1 Media contribution

  Press/Media: Research

• Muscovite mica: Ireland’s concrete block nightmare

  Dunlop, P.

  2/09/24

  1 item of Media coverage

  Press/Media: Research

• Ireland’s concrete block nightmare

  Dunlop, P.

  29/08/24

  1 item of Media coverage

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• Homeowners frustrated over 'downgraded' defective block redress

  Dunlop, P.

  17/08/24

  1 Media contribution

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• ‘I’d have been better off leaving the whole house to tumble down’: Fixing the wrong cracks – a new ‘mica’ crisis

  Dunlop, P.

  2/06/24

  1 Media contribution

  Press/Media: Research

• TAOISEACH TO RAISE CALLS FOR MICA RESEARCH RECOGNITION WITH HOUSING MINISTER

  Dunlop, P.

  25/04/24

  1 item of Media coverage

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• Research finds direct evidence that defective concrete does affect foundations

  Dunlop, P. & Leemann, A.

  11/12/23

  1 Media contribution

  Press/Media: Research