The plan is worth €18m and includes the construction of 27 residential units at Spring Lane and the adjoining Ellis’s Yard. 

It is believed that a conflict arose over the allocation of the units at the Spring Lane site, which resulted in the contractor walking away from the work

The proposed development will comprise the demolition of existing structures, as well as the construction of 27 residential units.

Labour Party councillor John Maher has said that despite years of motions and complaints, not enough is being done about the dumping at the entrance to Ellis’s Yard at Spring Lane in Ballyvolane.

A report in 2021 indicated a high rate of childhood illness was caused by living conditions at the halting site

The council also stated that a “comprehensive assessment” of how it will address the accommodation needs of the site residents for the next few years is being finalised.

PETER Burke, the junior minister with responsibility for local government and planning, has committed to working with stakeholders to resolve issues at Spring Lane halting site, for the good of the children living there.

TRAVELLER groups have warned that a programme to develop purpose-built housing will not solve accommodation needs, amid claims from one councillor it will create a “supersize” halting site in the city.

DAMAGE to buildings and equipment and dumping at Ellis’s Yard in recent months cost Cork City Council in excess of €9,500. The local authority spent €2,002 replacing damaged lighting at the Ballyvolane site following an attack in May.

A FIREFIGHTER was injured following a rock-throwing incident while attending a fire at Spring Lane last night.

CORK City Council’s proposals to build houses for Travellers on the recently cleaned-up Ellis’s Yard site have been met with strong objections. The council recently published a draft Traveller Accommodation Programme for 2019-2024.

EMERGENCY services were called to three separate fires around Spring Lane halting site today.

CORK City Council is examining CCTV footage to determine the culprits who dumped approximately 70 bags of rubbish at the entrance to Spring Lane halting site last night.

Overcrowding in halting sites in Cork and across Ireland are a serious fire hazard and need to be addressed, a Cork TD has said.

THE families living at Spring Lane halting site in Ballyvolane are angry that they have not received more information about plans to accommodate them.

THE controversial Spring Lane halting site in Ballyvolane is to be closed by 2020, under new targets for the site. Plans are underway to provide alternative accommodation to the almost 150 residents living on the site.