Council bids to end blockade of house allocated to Traveller family

North Tipperary County Council will early next week seek a High Court injunction aimed at preventing a group of protesters from maintaining a blockade close to a house which has been allocated to a family who are members of the Travelling Community.

The local authority are seeking an order from the court as a result of an on-going blockade, which began early last month when local residents discovered that a house at Cullenagh, Ballina in Co Tipperary had been acquired by the Council for the purpose of housing the ten strong O'Reilly family.