Carlow man who lived in Grenfell Tower when the fatal 2017 fire broke out reacts to demolition plan

A Carlow man who was living in Grenfell Tower when a fatal fire broke out in 2017 believes some of the building should be taken down.

72 people lost their lives in the blaze and the west London block looks set to now be demolished with an official announcement due later today.

Some campaigners and bereaved family members have criticised the move – claiming they weren’t properly consulted.

William Thompson moved in in 1997 and was still there twenty years and a day when disaster struck as he told our Brian Redmond on The KCLR Daily;