Ex-mayor of Limerick welcomes housing rights move

Former Limerick mayor John Gilligan has welcomed a planned initiative by the International Federation for Human Rights to seek fundamental rights for deprived parts of the city.

Mr Gilligan said an original €3bn regeneration plan to redevelop selected housing estates in the city was always unrealistic, and gave people false hope and left them disillusioned.

The international body, based in Paris, has lodged a complaint with the Council of Europe over Ireland’s alleged neglect of 130,000 people in inner city Dublin and Limerick.