'Serious risk of loss of life' at Cork halting site

An internal briefing for Minister of State Peter Burke detailed a “serious risk of loss of life”  for the Traveller families living at the Spring Lane halting site in Cork.

Burning rubbish at Spring Lane Halting Site, Cork has been identified as a serious risk to the people living there.

Ministerial briefings detailed a “serious risk of loss of life” at a Traveller halting site from burning rubbish as well as a cliff face that was in danger of collapse.

The Spring Lane site in Cork had been the subject of a report from the Ombudsman for Children early last summer which said the rights of children living there had been violated.