A senior Department of Housing official has come under fire for describing the Defective concrete block campaign as borderline intimidatory.
The Sunday Independent reports that they have seen emails between Áine Stapleton, the assistant secretary in the department, and Damien Owens, secretary general of Engineers Ireland over comments he made in the TG4 documentary.
Mr Owens agreed that the environment of the topic has become somewhat intimidating, however, he did not apologise for his comments.
He went on to note that a proactive approach from the department may be on benefit to quash the spread of misinformation.
