Protesters picket Cork County Sheriff’s office over eviction

Protesters defied threats of an injunction yesterday to picket the Cork County Sheriff’s office over the eviction of a family in rent arrears for almost two years.

The protest by about a dozen members of the Anti Eviction Taskforce at the city centre office of Sinead McNamara followed her enforcement of an order for repossession of a house in Bantry, in West Cork.

It is understood that the family, who are members of the Traveller community, had been living in the private rented property for up to six years.