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DIY SOS: THE BIG BUILD IRELAND Episode 2

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SERIES 2, EPISODE 2

The second episode of DIY SOS: The Big Build Ireland comes from Santry, North Dublin where a team of volunteers take on the task of renovating the Costello family home. Young mother, Laura Costello was left partially paralysed following a rare birth event, which happened while giving birth to her fourth baby in June 2020. Immediately after the birth, Laura fell unconscious and was taken into the ICU where her brain activity was extremely low. Her loving family were prepared for the worst but Laura is a fighter and after a few days she started to show small signs of improvement. It’s been an uphill struggle for them all, but Laura, who has since spent a year in the NRH has been making steady progress. 

Laura has defied the odds so far, following what was a traumatic and almost catastrophic birth event. The family home needed significant adaptation to facilitate wheelchair use and various complex occupational needs.  Due to the efforts of the Build Team Laura finally got to come home to live once again with her husband David, stepson Dylan and their four youngest children, Thomas, Matthew, Sophie and for the first time, with baby Daniel. 

Presenter Baz Ashmawy said: “Laura and David’s story is absolutely heart breaking. A born mother, Laura was almost taken away from her family so suddenly and her spirit has shone through in such an inspiring way that I cannot wait to get stuck into building this new home and finally bringing her back from the hospital.” 

SERIES OVERVIEW

DIY SOS: The Big Build Ireland, the show that rebuilds people’s lives by rebuilding their homes is back for a second series. The popular series presented by Baz Ashmawy returns on RTÉ One on Sunday April 3rd. The four part series will feature families based in New Ross, Meath, Santry and Waterford city.  

Chief-motivator Baz Ashmawy is joined again by some familiar faces in designers Aoife Rhattigan of Restless.Design, Kerry Hiddleston of Hiddleston Interior Design, Peter Donegan our garden designer, and Helena Ryan, our health and safety officer. The DIY SOS team is also delighted to introduce the new build team led by Liam Flynn and Anthony Darby from Collen Construction and specialist carpenters Dan Kenny and Nicky McMahon. Together with an ever-increasing and amazing group of volunteers, national and local suppliers, Baz was a busy man corralling and motivating a hard working team through the pressures and challenges of a 9 day build! 

The third episode was filmed in Longwood, Co. Meath, where Baz and the DIY SOS team met the Parsons family and set about building their much needed extended home. There are three members of this young family with additional needs and their small semi-detached home was no longer practical or functional.   

Finally for Episode 4 the team packed up their tools and headed to Waterford city to help Laura Sheridan, a nurse and brave mum of three. This former Nurse of the Year and Nursing Home Manager battled through Covid times before being diagnosed with stage 3 Hodgkin’s Lymphoma. Furthermore, Laura’s beautiful twin boys were also found to have a form of autism which requires constant supervision and care.   

As a Series, DIY SOS is famous for bringing out the very best in people and the more we build, the more this becomes evident. Every volunteer, contractor and member of the team are constantly amazed by the massive amount of good will and generosity that comes forward on every single build, and the more episodes we create, the more we as a production team are struck by the power of the Irish community when it comes to solidarity for our neighbours in need. 

The four part series of DIY SOS is proudly sponsored by SSE Airtricity.