VIDEO: Residents seek action over crisis at halting site

Travellers have called for urgent action to resolve serious health and safety issues at an overcrowded halting site which has been branded one of the worst in Ireland.

The residents of the Spring Lane halting site on Cork’s northside have also called for a full review of the city’s new Traveller Accommodation Plan 2014-2018 to deliver a long-term solution to their crisis situation.

In an historic first, they launched a manifesto yesterday which outlines the appalling conditions they have to ensure on the site, including dangerous electrics, and unsanitary conditions.