Wheelchair accessible bench idea not anti-homeless, says councillor

Galway councillor Clodagh Higgins said the accusation she was anti-homeless was 'a slur'.

A Galway City councillor has described suggestions that her proposal for wheelchair accessible benches were anti-homeless as "a slur".

Fine Gael councillor for the Salthill area Clodagh Higgins tweeted a picture of a bench which has the middle seat removed to make way for a wheelchair. She said she had brought the request to the council on foot of representations from families of children with additional needs.