Illegal dumping near Cork halting site sparks health concerns

Illegal dumping alongside one of Ireland’s worst Traveller halting sites has sparked health fears and prompted calls for the site to be shut down quickly.

Cork City councillor Ken O’Flynn called for a Garda investigation into the latest spate of illegal dumping on waste ground next to the Spring Lane halting site in Ballyvolane, on the northside of the city. And he urged council officials to fast-track their plans to close the halting site by 2020 and find alternative accommodation for its residents.

“This kind of illegal dumping has been a constant problem in this area. Enough is enough. It is not fair on the decent residents of the site and on the residents who live nearby... The site should be closed down as soon as possible and the residents there be relocated to meet 21st-century accommodation needs.”