It seems like a lot of effort for people of their age, most parents want to downsize as they get older if possible instead of this whole fiasco. It seems to me like Katie didn't settle in malahide and she wasn't close enough (20 mins drive) to her friends. Practically 2 neighbouring seaside towns, identical house to the previous ones, alot more restaurants, bars etc than Skerries so why wouldn't the parents have settled? I'd have told Katie to hit the road and get her own place if I was her mother, she's not 10 years of age, she's 23