Limerick family to queue for council house transfer
Little Jordan Crawford, aged 5, was reported to be comfortable yesterday in hospital. He may be allowed home today.
But his distraught mum Olivia does not want to return to the housing estate where her son was shot on Sunday night.
However, with the large number of people looking for house transfers from Limerick City Council owned estates — mainly due to fear and intimation — the Crawford family have been told there was no quick-fix solution.
Jordan is being treated in the Mid-Western Regional Hospital, Limerick, from the bullet wound he received to the leg.
A gunman opened fire on members of the Crawford family after they went out to the front of their house in O’Malley Park to investigate a suspected car break-in.
Ms Crawford said yesterday she did not want to return to Southill as she feared for the safety of herself and her children.
The family home which she shares with her parents and other siblings had initially been raked with gunfire last Thursday night.
Bullets flew over family members heads as they sat in the front sitting room.
Ms Crawford has been engaged in talks with the council’s housing welfare officer.
But Pat Dowling, Limerick City Council’s director of housing, said “When she puts in a request we will look at it. There are a lot of people living in circumstances of fear and intimidation.
“But if there are severe human circumstances we will look at the application in the best light.”
