Tipp council to accommodate 42 traveller families

Tipperary County Council is to accommodate 42 Traveller families in North Tipperary by 2018.
The council recently went to tender for the construction of six units at Cabragh Bridge, Thurles as part of its aims set out in the Traveller Accommodation Plan 2014-2018.
The plan, which was prepared for the start of this year, also estimated that 46 new Traveller families with an accommodation need would be formed over its five-year span.
An annual count of Traveller families at November 30th 2012 identified 201 households in North Tipperary. Of this total, 106 families were in permanent accommodation provided by the local authority. 27 families were residing in Traveller specific accommodation and 16 families were living on unauthorised sites.

 

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