Defective‑blocks campaigner Angela Ward describes trauma after Storm Boelo

Angela Ward, a homeowner campaigning against defective concrete blocks, said the recent Storm Boelo left her family once again coping with water ingress and structural damage.

In an emotional video posted to social media, Ward described waking at dawn, clearing plaster from the floor, making breakfast for her children and enduring lingering anxiety for days after the storm.

Ward, a former public relations officer for the Mica Action Group, is married to 100 % Redress Party TD Charles Ward. Two weeks earlier, Deputy Ward announced that a new crack had appeared in their home beneath their daughter’s bedroom.

She criticised the response from Taoiseach Michael Martin, saying his statements in the Dáil that “nobody is stuck in this scheme” offered no relief while water continued to pour through the cracks.

Ward recounted having to unplug sockets and protect the family fuse board as wind blew through a large hole above her son’s bed, leaving the house freezing and dark.

She concluded that the government’s handling of the defective‑blocks scheme has stripped her of privacy and dignity, leaving her feeling “emotional, hurt, betrayed and shaken”.

Source: Donegal Daily. Photo: K / Pexels.