Council ordered to pay Traveller €2,000 over access to halting site

A TRAVELLER forced to sell his camper van because the county council refused him a key to the barrier at the halting site where he lived has been awarded €2,000 in compensation.

The Equality Tribunal found Michael McCann’s movements “would not be restricted in a similar manner” if he lived in standard local authority housing.

It ordered Dun Laoghaire/Rathdown County Council to compensate Mr McCann, who, along with his extended family, had lived in the area for more than 15 years.