The lord mayor of Cork has called for firefighters tackling blazes near a Cork halting site to be supported by garda personnel in the wake of multiple assaults over the last two years.

'It’s like our prayers have been answered but this must never be allowed happen again'.

Shots were fired on a Traveller halting site and tensions are running high after a man who lives on the site was acquitted of a machete attack on another resident.

Illegal dumping alongside one of Ireland’s worst Traveller halting sites has sparked health fears and prompted calls for the site to be shut down quickly.

A mother of two has vowed to continue her obstruction of council staff at a Cork halting site until her wait for local authority housing comes to an end.

A minister has intervened in a bid to break the deadlock over the Spring Lane Traveller halting site.

Travellers living in one of the country’s worst halting sites have invited politicians to spend a night there to experience first-hand the appalling conditions they have to endure.