'Traveller voice' informed design of €18m housing plan for Cork City halting site, says council

The halting site was opened in 1989 with 10 bays but as family numbers expanded over the years, there was unauthorised expansion into adjoining fields which led to serious overcrowding, and living conditions deteriorated

Ellis's Yard in Ballyvolane where the construction of 15 detached homes is proposed.

The ‘Traveller voice’ has helped inform the design of an €18m housing regeneration plan for a halting site in Cork City, where children are living in appalling conditions.

Details of the 27-unit scheme for the Spring Lane site in Ballyvolane, first reported by the Irish Examiner last week, were outlined to members of Cork City Council’s north-east local area committee on Tuesday night.