Construction Solicitor Clare

Building disputes, defects claims and payment recovery for clients in Clare — Mary Molloy Solicitors, established 1981.

Clare's designation under the defective concrete blocks scheme - hard-won by affected owners' campaigning - brought the State's largest remediation programme to the county, administered by Clare County Council. We act for Clare owners through the scheme's machinery and for the county's ordinary building disputes alongside.

Construction Law in Clare

Clare County Council administers the DCB Grant Scheme locally, with the February 2026 commencement of the Amendment Act's provisions - increased grants for capped owners, the 130-week works window - applying to Clare files. The county's ordinary construction matters proceed through the Clare Circuit Court sittings, with the Shannon region's commercial activity feeding an active trade payment caseload.

Clare blocks work follows the lifecycle the north-west pioneered: applications built on decisive technical files, threshold and option disputes pressed through reviews (and public-law challenge where determinations are flawed - our judicial review practice runs alongside), increased-grant applications, and affected-property transactions. The county's wider files - one-off builds, coastal holiday projects, renovations, trade payments - run on the same expert-evidence method as everywhere.

Mary Molloy Solicitors are solicitors, not engineers, architects or building surveyors. Nothing on this page is a technical assessment of any property or works. Defects claims stand or fall on independent expert evidence — a chartered engineer’s or building surveyor’s report — obtained early. Scheme rules, grant rates and legislation in this area change frequently; confirm the current position before making any decision.

How We Work With Clare Clients

Building disputes run on documents, phone and email: the contract, the payment trail, the photographs and the expert report travel perfectly well, and you only ever travel if a hearing requires it. From our Dublin office (The Ormond Building, 31-36 Ormond Quay Upper, Dublin 7) and Kilkenny office (2 Rose Inn Street), we act for homeowners, self-builders, subcontractors and SME contractors in Clare on defects claims, builder disputes, adjudication and payment recovery. Start with the Dispute Route Finder or call 01 5827148.

A Building Dispute in Clare?

One call establishes your contract position, the evidence you need and the clock you are on. Call 01 5827148.

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Construction Law in Clare - FAQs

Clare County Council administers the scheme for the county: application, building condition assessment, damage threshold, remediation option and staged grants against the €462,000 cap - with the 2025 Amendment Act’s increased-grant and 130-week provisions commenced in February 2026. Clare’s inclusion came after sustained campaigning; owners now in the process should build the technical and paper file as carefully as the north-west counties learned to.