Rory Hearne: Travellers bear the brunt of the homeless crisis

'It's like we are forgotten, we feel like garbage'

Spring Lane site, Blackpool, Cork City.

"It’s like an abandoned place that people forgot about, it’s like we’re forgotten, we feel like garbage.”

That’s the direct experience of a 12-year-old girl, living in a halting site, explained to the Ombudsman for Children.