Man threatens to destroy new €5m Traveller facility

A father-of-nine threatened to destroy a new €5 million Traveller housing facility in Cork city and told gardaí: “We’ll make your lives hell in the new site.”

The threat was made after Denis Stokes, 39, scattered his four horses on to a public road. As gardaí tried to round them up, the accused referred to a new Traveller housing development at St Anthony’s Park in Hollyhill /Knocknaheeny. He said: “We’ll cause more hassle and damage up there.”

However, the accused who lives at Bay 12, the halting site, Knocknaheeny, gave an undertaking to Cork District Court not to cause damage.