Traveller housing scheme planned for next to Cork's Spring Lane site

Funding approval had been obtained from the Department of Housing for a group housing scheme at the adjoining Ellis’s Yard site, council report reveals

Fresh efforts to address the many complex and enduring issues on the Spring Lane halting site in Ballyvolane, on the northside of Cork City were outlined to city councillors on Monday. Picture: Larry Cummins

A local authority has secured State funding to draft plans for a group Traveller housing scheme next to one of Ireland’s worst Traveller halting sites – a decade after a similar approach was shot down by city councillors – while it works with individual families to identify potential housing solutions.

The fresh efforts to address the many complex and enduring issues on the Spring Lane halting site in Ballyvolane, on the northside of Cork City were outlined to city councillors six months on from a scathing report on the council’s management of the site.