Southside Travellers Action Group staff held weekly protests outside the orgainisation's premises in Sandyford, Dublin, late last year, saying they had lost trust in the board. Photograph: Nick BradshawTravellers across south Co Dublin are “devastated” at the closure of one of the oldest Traveller support organisations in the State, an advocate has said. The Southside Travellers Action Group (Stag), based in Sandyford, went into voluntary liquidation this week amid allegations of financial mismanagement and a bitter rift between the board, its chair Barbara Scanlon and staff. “Families who relied on these services, the staff, they are all devastated,” she said. “The people that did this, they have to be held accountable financially, legally and morally for what they have done.”

Source: The Irish Times February 20, 2026 20:43 UTC