Traveller families in Cork forced to share portable toilet

Traveller families in Cork City have to shower at a local swimming pool, share one portable toilet, and have no piped water or electricity as the council refuses to recognise the site where they live.

Breda O’Donoghue, chair of the Traveller Visibility Group, said this particular extended family has children in local schools, good relationships with the settled community, and has lived on the site for 15 years.

However, she said the city council will not install electricity due to the site’s ‘unofficial’ status.