Travellers' accommodation needs 'knowingly' neglected

The Cork and Kerry Regional Traveller Accommodation Working Group also says local authorities have been negligent in providing maintenance for existing sites, adding that Traveller sites across the country remain 'severely' overcrowded and most pose a risk to the health of the people living there. File picture: Sam Boal / RollingNews.ie

Local authorities have been accused of “knowingly neglecting” the accommodation needs of Traveller communities by the Cork and Kerry Regional Traveller Accommodation Working Group.

The group has said a National Traveller Accommodation Agency must be established as the local authority model of Traveller accommodation delivery “has failed”.