Protest over Traveller site like ‘Alabama in the 1950s’
The Labour TD for Dublin North-Central made the remark amid an ongoing standoff between residents of Rockville Drive in Dublin and Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council.
Since Wednesday, a group of people living in the area has blocked workers from accessing a site where the local authority planned to build emergency accommodation for families affected by last Saturday’s tragedy at a State-backed halting site, which saw 10 people — including six-month-old Mary Connors — burn to death.
