Biggest Construction Scandal in Irish History: Thousands of Homes Collapse

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It started with a few cracks in Ali Farren's house. But gradually, the problem worsened. Within a few years, the front of his house had become a spiderweb of cracks and fissures. It wasn't long before the first chunks of wall crumbled. This, in a nutshell, is the biggest building scandal in Irish history. Ali Farren lives in Malin Head, the northernmost point of Ireland in the Donegal region. Here, on the Atlantic Ocean, you're at the mercy of t…