By Louise Doyle
TIRELESS 100 per cent redress campaigner Paddy Diver has shared the last moments in his family home in a poignant post online.
In a video he posted on social media this week, Mr Diver took viewers on a tour of the rooms in his family home, which he has been been forced to close the doors on for the final time because it is affected by defective concrete materials.
“This is what happens when there is no regulation on quarries,” Mr Diver says.
“This is my last night in my house. Twelve years ago I moved in to this house, and never in my life did I think 12 years later I would have to leave.
“We worked hard and save hard to build a dream, but unfortunately it’s been shattered to pieces by poor regulation and greed.
“It is a disgrace that families have to be put through this through no fault of their own but from a lack of regulation from the government.”
Mr Diver’s short video explores the rooms in his home.
He speaks of his upset that children affected by the crisis are forced to leave the sanctity of their home, and of how they have to see their toy rooms being ripped out.
“There are marriages that have split because of this and people’s mental health has really suffered,” said the Inishowen man.
He said he and his family are “sticking with it as best they can”.
“That’s not to say we’ll come out the other side but we’ve still a house to rebuild.”
Mr Diver also speaks about the irrelevance of the size of a person’s house when demolition has to occur.
“We’ve all worked so hard so it doesn’t matter if it’s a small, medium or large house.
“Everyone is affected, from the elderly to the vulnerable.”
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