Travellers in carpark ‘sad indictment of society’

Traveller groups have described the decision to accommodate the survivors of the Carrickmines tragedy in a carpark as a “sad indictment of our society” and said once again Travellers’ rights were second to the demands of the majority population.

Ahead of today’s burial of five more victims of the fire of the halting site fire, Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council confirmed that, in the face of opposition from local residents, it was abandoning plans to locate a temporary halting site for the survivors at Rockville Drive.

Instead, the new site is in a council-owned carpark beside the council depot at Ballyogan. The council itself has admitted it does not have the basic services which would have been available at Rockville Drive.