Travellers in EU legal action threat

TRAVELLERS have threatened to take the Government to the European Court of Human Rights if their accommodation crisis is not solved.

Nearly 1,000 families are still on the roadside and only one-quarter of the promised housing and halting sites have been built by local authorities.

“We have tried the negotiation approach and it has not succeeded. The Government has failed miserably to provide accommodation for Travellers and if we don’t get redress in our own courts, the only option is the European Court of Human Rights,” said Pavee Point assistant director Martin Collins.