Longford County Council has committed to carrying out emergency repair works on a local authority property occupied by Syrian refugees following a meeting this afternoon.
Two families in Granard have been highlighting serious issues over a lack of heating and ventilation within the two apartments they've been allocated by the Council.
According to the father of one of the families, they have resorted to using kerosene heaters indoors to try to stay warm.
The situation had reported resulted in a heavily pregnant resident sleeping in a car with the heating on outside of the property with her children to keep warm.
Longford County Council have now agreed to start the emergency works tomorrow, with the situation to be reviewed in one month.
The zoom meeting was also attended by a representative of Respond Housing Association, Minister of State Robert Troy and local TD Joe Flaherty, who've each been involved in efforts to resolve the situation.
SpunOut.ie founder Ruaíri McKiernan highlighted the issue on Twitter this week.
He says that the family are relieved:
