Refurbished Traveller homes set alight again

Four houses built as part of a Traveller accommodation programme, which were already refurbished following previous arson and vandalism attacks, have been targeted again.

One unit was destroyed while three other properties were extensively damaged in an arson attack in the early hours of yesterday. The alarm was raised at about 12.30am.

The only occupied unit at the five-house Beech Park development near Ennis, Co Clare, was gutted while the family was away from home.