Residents of Waterford halting site agree with councillors' decision to reject accommodation 

A decision by local councillors to oppose the extension last week was criticised as "populist" by the Waterford Traveller Community Development Project

Waterford City's south quay. Councillors voted this week not to expand the bays of a halting site in the Carrickpherish group housing development. Picture: Denis Minihane.

The residents of a halting site in Waterford City at the centre of an ongoing disagreement between the local authority and a Traveller group, have said they do not want the Council to expand the site further. 

A number of caravans and chalets have been moved into the area without planning permission in recent years and local authority management proposed an extension of the halting site to regularise the area's accommodation.