PUBLIC ANGRY OVER TRAVELLERS CAMP IN MOYCULLEN

Date Published: 16-Apr-2008

There's growing public disquiet over a Travellers camp in Moycullen. Up to twelve families are believed to be living in 15 caravans on a public roadside since the first week in January. Galway county council director of services John Morgan says because the caravans are parked on public property, the council is powerless to remove them. The council's only legal recourse is to hand the land back into private ownership, and the owners can then call in the Gardai to force the families to leave. However Mr Morgan admitted this process could take at least two months. Deputy Mayor of County Galway Sean Kyne says the only solution is to move the families into East Galway where there are proper hard stands or halting sites.