Council rejects damning report into conditions for Traveller children at Cork's Spring Lane site

The council said the needs of all those living at Spring Lane — and in particular children — had always been a priority.

The Spring Lane site near Blackpool, Cork City. Picture: Larry Cummins

Cork City Council has hit back at the findings of a damning report by the Ombudsman for Children which said the rights of Traveller children were being violated at the Spring Lane halting site on the northside of the city.

The council said matters were “nowhere near as simple as outlined” in what was a lengthy finding-by-finding rebuttal, which the council submitted to the Department of Housing.