Ireland 'failing to provide appropriate accommodation for Travellers and local authority tenants' 

Spring Lane halting site in Cork: Watchdog acknowledged 'severe deficiencies in Traveller accommodation' such as overcrowding, structural hazards, absence of waste management and pest control, and the lack of basic services such as electricity, sanitation units and water. File picture: Larry Cummins

Ireland continues to breach its human rights obligations to provide appropriate accommodation for Travellers and social housing tenants, the Council of Europe has found.

In its latest report, the Council of Europe’s human rights watchdog, the European Committee of Social Rights (ECSR), determined that Ireland continues to provide insufficient and inadequate accommodation for Travellers, and local authority tenants.