Roma roundabout camp ‘potentially disastrous’

THE makeshift Roma gypsy camp on a roundabout in Dublin just off the M50 is potentially disastrous from a road safety point of view, the AA warned yesterday.

Fri, 22 Jun, 2007 - 01:00

Evelyn Ring

The group of Roma families, including 16 children, have been living in tents amid shrubbery on a roundabout at Ballymun for about five weeks.

AA spokesman Conor Faughnan said there could be nowhere less suitable for a family than a roundabout in a busy intersection.

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Courts Place: Dublin Place: M50 Place: Ballymun Person: Conor Faughnan Person: Faughnan Person: Gardaí Person: Aine Lynch Organisation: AA Organisation: Health Service Executive Organisation: HSE Organisation: ISPCC Organisation: Romania Organisation: EU Organisation: National Educational Welfare Board Organisation: Irish Travellers Group Organisation: Pave Point Organisation: Roma Support Group

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