Failure to house family is pathetic, says solicitor

LIMERICK City Council has been told to redouble efforts to find a permanent house for a mother and her six children who have been roaming the streets for the past three years.

Solicitor for the family, Ted McCarthy told Limerick District Court yesterday he was taking the case to the High Court to force the council to house the family.

“It is a sad indictment and pathetic on the part of the local authority that they cannot provide a permanent home for this family after three years,” said Mr McCarthy.