Supreme Court agrees to hear appeal against order requiring Traveller family to vacate lands in Clare

The McDonaghs, who claim they have nowhere else to go, appealed the High Court's decision to the Court of Appeal. In November 2020, the Court of Appeal upheld the High Court's decision, resulting in a further appeal by the McDonaghs to have their case heard by the Supreme Court. File picture

The Supreme Court has agreed to hear an appeal brought by two Travellers against an order requiring them to vacate local authority-owned lands in Co Clare.

Clare County Council obtained a High Court injunction in 2019 requiring Helen and Bernard McDonagh, and their family, to vacate and remove their caravans and mobile homes from a site at Cahercallamore, Ennis, Co Clare, which they have been on since 2018.