Politicians invited to spend night at ‘worst large halting site’

Travellers living in one of the country’s worst halting sites have invited politicians to spend a night there to experience first-hand the appalling conditions they have to endure.

The residents of the overcrowded Spring Lane halting site on the northside of Cork City extended the invitation after a standoff at the site this week.

“We’d love to see some of these politicians spend just one night in one of our caravans down here,” one man said.