'Walking to school you see all the rats': Deplorable conditions on Cork halting site

Twelve-year-old says she's ashamed to explain to people she is dirty due to conditions at the site
'Walking to school you see all the rats': Deplorable conditions on Cork halting site

The report published today, No End In Site, does not name the site in question, but the Irish Examiner understands it is Spring Lane halting site in Blackpool, Cork City. Picture: Larry Cummins

The Ombudsman for Children (OCO) has strongly criticised Cork City Council over conditions at a Cork halting site and the "shocking" and "deplorable" conditions for children there.

In No End in Site, the report into the living conditions of children on a local authority halting site which is published today, the OCO doesn't name the site. However, the Irish Examiner understands it to be Spring Lane on the northside of Cork City.

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