Family afraid of move to house, court hears

A father of four living with his wife and children in a caravan on the side of the road in Mallow said in court yesterday he would move but they were terrified to move to the house offered by Cork County Council.

Kieran Hughes, barrister for the local authority, said at Cork Circuit Court yesterday that the council needed the caravan occupied by Michael and Eileen Dineen and their family to be moved so that they could get access to lands for flood defence.

Mr and Mrs Dineen are on the side of the road on land beside the Tesco carpark at St Patrick’s Place in Mallow.