Galway Advertiser 1973/1973_03_15/GA_15031973_E1_001.pdf 

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Vol.--4 No I 1 Thursday March 15th

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Desperate Scramble For T o o F e w Houses
LAST F E B R U A R Y info, r e d thai following nearly Monday !ifty-six houses 20th, a local housing hundred be would offered aware contractor clients sale the of the they w e n t to q u e u e for his h o u s e o n S u n d a y . "I w a s s h a t t e r ed and d u m b f o u n d e d when I h e a r d that all the h o u s e s were gone," he said later. "I t h o u g h t I w a s i n p l e n t y of time. I was planning to get married but the date has to be postponed now because I failed to get a house. "There were people there obviously m o r e an xious than I was. They showed great desperation and were extremely upset. Mr. Swords' story was only one of m a n y that day. T h e r e w a s ugly talk of speculators buying several houses and by doing so spoilt other people's chan ces who really needed a three prospective for morning, February 26th. Few of t h e the b u y e r s , h o w e v e r , w e r e f u l l y saltto In bi fact office confirmed the Sunday, days that they acute housing s h o r t a g e in G a l w a y . A t e l e p h o n e call to although should sale it was felt be that safe precise, from three Sales Manager if

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Friday was due

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On Saturday morning the q u e u e g o t l o n g e r a n d at I O p . m . t h a t e v e n i n g t h e contractors decided, to adopt "a humanitarian view" and "in o r d e r to save these p e o p l e the m i s ery of s p e n d i n g a n o t h e r

two nights outside our sales office" sold the houses there and then to each successive buyer waiting in turn. When the majority of buyers arrived on Sunday there was consternation.

Mr. Brendan Swords from Charlestown, Co. Mayo, now working at the Galway Shopping Centre

Mr. Michael Heaslip, promoted Area Manager for I r e l a n d ' s b i g g e s t b u i l d Continued on Pate 12

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