Carrickmines residents and Traveller community at odds before fatal fire

There had been ongoing tensions between Carrickmines residents and members of the Traveller community in the months leading up to the October 9 fire which killed 10 people.

Homeowners complained to authorities about anti-social behaviour, drinking, and criminality at the site in the days before the fire.

Documents into the State’s cross-department response to the fire, released under Freedom of Information, reveal that Government was informed of the allegations just days after the tragedy, amid a row with residents who stopped the relocation of the displaced families.