Traveller family permitted to bring challenge against Tipperary County Council over accommodation

High Court judge described claims family of six living in a one-berth caravan and sleeping in a car in Tipperary as 'wretched'

Ms Justice Marguerite Bolger granted lawyers acting for John and Nikita McInerney and their four young children permission to bring a High Court challenge against Tipperary County Council's handling of the family's accommodation situation.

A High Court judge has described claims that a family of six has been living in a one-berth caravan and sleeping in a car for several months as "wretched" and a "very unsettling situation".

The comments were made on Monday by Ms Justice Marguerite Bolger after she granted lawyers acting for John and Nikita McInerney and their four young children permission to bring a High Court challenge against Tipperary County Council's handling of the family's accommodation situation.