Mobile home occupants to have a say

A judge has refused an application from Cork County Council for an ex parte interim injunction granting the local authority powers to remove a mobile home from a green area in Fermoy, and has adjourned the matter until Friday to allow the occupants to have their say in court.

Judge Brian O’Callaghan yesterday ruled that Emma O’Driscoll and Jason O’Donoghue, who live with their three children in a mobile home on the green area of Beechfield Estate in Fermoy, should be informed of any proceedings.

The couple were not represented in court yesterday when Donnchadh McCarthy BL, on behalf of Cork County Council, said that the family had lived in a caravan on the green at the rear of Mr O’Donoghue’s father’s house for two years.