McCreevy under fire over halting site

FINANCE Minister Charlie McCreevy should be more concerned about sorting out the Traveller accommodation problem than representing stud owners opposed to a new halting site, a local councillor said yesterday.

South Dublin County Council (SDCC) representative Robert Dowds was responding to reports that Mr McCreevy had written to the council expressing concerns about the location of a proposed Traveller site near an elite stud farm in Rathcoole, Co Dublin.

“If Charlie McCreevy is concerned about this he should be concerned to sort out the Traveller question and not have people living on the side of the street as we have in various parts of the country,” said Mr Dowds.