Traveller women forced from Limerick road site have case dismissed by European Court 

Sisters claimed their human rights were breached when Limerick council initiated legal action to have their families removed from a roadside location to facilitate construction of new road

European Court of Human Rights said it was satisfied that the aims of the authorities in seeking an improvement in the road network with consequent benefits for the economy and public safety were legitimate.

The European Court of Human Rights has ruled a case taken against the State by two Traveller women whose families were removed from living on a roadside site to facilitate construction of a new road in Limerick as inadmissible because it was “manifestly ill-founded”. 

Sisters Christina Faulkner and Bridget McDonagh claimed their human rights were breached when legal actions initiated by Limerick City and County Council required their families to move from a roadside location in the Limerick suburb of Coonagh in 2017 where they had lived for four years.