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In a Room To Improve special on RTÉ One on Sunday night, Dermot Bannon teamed up with former Dancing with the Stars judge Julian Benson to convert an old Victorian house into four self-contained pods for families of people with Cystic Fibrosis.
In 2022, the Julian Benson Foundation bought an abandoned Victorian redbrick in the south Dublin suburb of Rathgar. As founder of JBF, it was Julian’s dream to build a space that could cater for people with Cystic Fibrosis and their families, when they travelled to Dublin for treatment.
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Dream team Dermot Bannon and Patricia Power QS are on board for this massive project. The figure needed to complete this renovation is way beyond what Julian and the Foundation can afford, and so begins the journey of getting volunteers and companies to come on board, to donate time, people, materials and resources for this mammoth project.
When glitz and glamour meet considered design and functionality, things can get a bit heated - which means many a debate between Bannon and Benson.
However, the most important part of this story is the people who will benefit from staying there. Tranquillity House will be a safe, warm, comfortable home from home, and that is priceless for people with Cystic Fibrosis and their families.
As the design process begins to implode, they all know that they have to work out their differences to complete this project on time.
READ MORE: PICTURES: Emotions run high on Room to Improve as seaside bungalow gets stunning makeover
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