VIDEO: SF deputy leader is ‘deeply ashamed’ of Cork Travellers’ living conditions

Sweeping reforms which will overhaul the way the authorities in Cork interact with the Traveller community have been finalised.

Junior minister Kathleen Lynch confirmed last night that the package of measures, prepared by former south Co Dublin manager Joe Horan, were completed yesterday following five months of research and interviews.

The announcement came just hours after Sinn Féin deputy leader Mary Lou McDonald said she has seen better conditions in prisons following her visit to the overcrowded Spring Lane halting site on the city’s northside.