"The walls were crumbling. Shortly after, another quake hit, causing the entire house to tilt," the 59-year-old told the BBC. Ms Chang was in her third floor apartment when the 7.4 magnitude ...
But beneath the gleaming, gold-lined walls of its function rooms, Mansion House hides a secret: it is rapidly crumbling. A new report published by the City of London Corporation reveals the scale ...
Many houses in Counties Donegal, Mayo, Clare and Limerick are crumbling because of defective concrete blocks containing high levels of the mineral mica, which absorbs water causing walls to crack.