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Homeless family seek to compel council to provide them with accomodation
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In a High Court case filed on 19 December 2016, David Mongans, his wife Margaret Lisa Mongans, and their four children—members of the Irish Travelling Community—seek to compel Clare County Council to provide suitable accommodation. The family's former home at Knockaneen was destroyed by fire in 2015, leaving them homeless. Since then they have lived in various temporary locations, including a shed and a caravan on Kilrush Road in Ennis, where they currently reside. The Mongans argue that their present caravan is unsuitable, especially for their young children who have significant health issues, and that the council's failure to provide proper housing breaches their constitutional rights and the Traveller Accommodation Acts. The application was granted ex‑parte by Mr Justice Richard Humphreys, with the case scheduled for a hearing in January.
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What: Report matter: Homeless family seek to compel council to provide them with accomodation. Procedural stage: hearing_or_decision
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- 2016-12-19 Publication
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