Housing plan for 'trouble families' will 'ghettoise estates'

A plan being put forward by the Limerick City Council Housing Committee to re-locate troublesome families in special clusters of ten to 20 houses has been described as creating 'a ghetto mentality' by a spokesman for Republican Sinn Féin.

Housing plan for 'trouble families' will 'ghettoise estates'

A plan being put forward by the Limerick City Council Housing Committee to re-locate troublesome families in special clusters of ten to 20 houses has been described as creating 'a ghetto mentality' by a spokesman for Republican Sinn Féin.

Mick the Quill Ryan from Ballynanty, chairman of RSF in the north side of Limerick said the Council plan calls for clusters in the north and south side of Limerick where families involved in anti-social behaviour could be housed.

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