Empty halting site costing €6,000 a week

LIMERICK County Council confirmed yesterday they are paying €6,000 per week for security at a new €2 million halting site which Travellers refuse to enter.

The halting site, at Castletroy, was completed last January but seven Traveller families for whom it was built, won’t move in because there are no stables for their horses.

A spokeswoman for Limerick County Council said yesterday they have to provide 24/7 security while the halting site remains unoccupied.