A prime, publicly owned site in south Co Dublin that had been earmarked for Traveller housing, and was then expected to be developed for other social housing, could be sold to the Department of Education for use by a school. Traveller accommodation had been proposed there since 1985. Local Independent councillor Hugh Lewis said: “Any potential sale of this land must absolutely not come at the expense of providing public affordable and social housing. “There is a finite amount of publicly owned land that is zoned for housing that has the infrastructure ready to develop. It was possible a school would be built on a portion and housing on the remainder, he added.

Source: The Irish Times June 12, 2021 01:47 UTC