Goats on embankment ‘a risk to children playing below’

Goats gathering in growing numbers on an embankment are creating a risk of rocks falling on caravans and on children playing near them, it was claimed by Cork City Council yesterday.

Barrister Pearse Sreenan BL said on behalf of the local authority yesterday that the council wanted to bring an injunction against the owners and occupiers of four caravans at Ellis’s Yard, Blackpool, and the Spring Lane halting site.

Mr Sreenan said that a number of caravans were legitimately on the site but that four of the caravans were near an embankment.