Traveller family face homeless Christmas

A TRAVELLER family will be homeless for Christmas as their caravan was burnt down and they say they are being refused adequate help by Clare County Council.

The council has ordered the O’Donoghue family to return to a controversial group scheme where their caravan was burnt but which they maintain is not safe for their children.

“We have been homeless since Thursday, December 9,” Mike O’Donoghue said. “The Homeless Unit person gave us €400 to purchase clothes for the children and to replace the food that was destroyed.