Public to have their say on €18m housing plan for regeneration of Cork City Traveller halting site

Cork City Council has drawn up plans to build Traveller-specific housing for 27 families on the existing Spring lane site, and on the adjoining Ellis’s yard site

Artist's impressions of the proposed €18m housing regeneration plan for the Spring Lane Traveller halting site in Cork.

Plans for an €18m housing regeneration plan to resolve overcrowding and chronic living conditions on one of Ireland’s worst Traveller halting sites have been published for public consultation.

The Green Party in Cork described the publication by Cork City Council of the Spring Lane plan, first revealed by the Irish Examiner last week, as an opportunity to “make good years of neglect”.