District Court Judge Marie Quirke noted that he had previously been convicted of misusing the title ‘architect’ in 2015. So the court fined Mr Doran €3,000 for each charge in relation to misrepresenting himself as an architect and €1,500 in relation to the third charge. It means that Mr Doran might in fact be perfectly able to conduct professional architectural functions and skills with utter competence. So the issue the court had with Mr Doran was that he didn’t take the necessary steps to verify his skills under the new legislation requirements. There are a many reasons why a homeowner shouldn’t employ a “non architect” as an architect.

Source: Irish Independent July 09, 2021 01:38 UTC