Clare County Council gets injunction in Traveller housing case

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Clare County Council secured a permanent injunction in the High Court on 10 October 2019 in a Traveller-specific accommodation trespass case involving Mr and Mrs McDonagh.

The court dismissed the McDonaghs’ counterclaim, finding that their arguments about accommodation duties, policy and funding did not justify occupying the Ashline site.

The judgment said the funding figures reflected the timing of allocations, construction, expenditure and reimbursement, rather than money immediately available to the council.