Get Off My Lawn! Squatters' Rights in Ireland

If you trespass onto somebody else's property, use it for a 12 year-uninterrupted period on your own, you are entitled to become the legal owner of that property. Why is this allowed? Is anyone entitled to do this? And does this conflict with the basic property rights which hold our society together? Pierce, Alex and Gavin discuss the law around adverse possession and the case of Dunne v Irish Rail.

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