DELAY IN MOVING TRAVELLERS TO CARROWBROWNE SITE

Date Published: 04-Oct-2007

A joint Garda and Galway City Council operation to remove several traveller famlies from a Ballybane housing estate has been delayed.Over 40 Gardai, bailiffs and Council officials were due to move the illegally parked caravans from Fána Glas to the Carrabrowne halting site early todaySuperintendent Tom Curley inspected Carrabrowne last evening and decided to postpone the operation due to a lack of available space.Councillor Mary Leahy says she is confident that some people in Carrabrowne can be moved on in the next few days to create the required places.