Local authorities accused of 'Traveller prejudice' for failing to spend earmarked cash

Local authorities are being accused of "Traveller prejudice" for failing to spend a total of more than €1.2m that had been earmarked for Traveller accommodation.

Local authorities accused of 'Traveller prejudice' for failing to spend earmarked cash

Local authorities are being accused of "Traveller prejudice" for failing to spend a total of more than €1.2m that had been earmarked for Traveller accommodation.

Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council, where 10 members of the Travelling community died in a fire in Carrickmines in 2015, drew down less than a third of the funding allocated last year by the Department of Housing.

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