“I am so grateful for my new home, it’s gorgeous, there’s no damp, there’s no rats, there’s no balconies falling down,” says Betty. "My grandkids can play in the garden here and they couldn’t do that in Noonan’s Rd with the rats everywhere,” Betty says. Housing advocate William O’Brien says the move from the Noonan’s Rd and St Finbarr’s Rd flats has been “transformative” for council tenants. He lived in the Noonan’s Rd flats for 18 years. Picture: Donal O'Keeffe“In St Finbarr’s Rd, dampness was the last of my worries.