Travellers have called for urgent action to resolve serious health and safety issues at an overcrowded halting site which has been branded one of the worst in Ireland.

Two politicians have agreed to spend a night at one of the country’s worst Traveller halting sites to experience the appalling conditions.

A Travellers’ rights group has lodged a formal complaint with the Council of Europe about appalling living conditions at an overcrowded halting site, which was at the centre of a stand-off with city workers yesterday.

Hand-drawn architectural diagrams by two men who helped shape the face of Cork are to go on public display for the first time.

A REDEVELOPED stately home could deal with up to 10,000 visitors a week, a Bord Pleanála oral hearing was told yesterday.