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DAA launches new action against Traveller family over disputed runway lands

Summary

The Dublin Airport Authority (DAA) has begun new injunction proceedings against a Traveller family over land at Collinstown, needed for the airport's new north runway. The DAA seeks orders to remove several Traveller families from the site, which lies within an exclusion zone around the runway. The runway's completion date was moved from December to June, and the DAA fears further delays if the families remain. On Friday, the DAA obtained permission from Ms Justice Leonie Reynolds to bring an injunction application against Tracey and Martin McAleer, who moved onto the disputed site last week. The DAA claims the land, previously used by Fingal County Council for Traveller accommodation, was acquired and the licence expired in 2017. The DAA served a notice to quit, but four families, including the McAleers, have refused to leave. The DAA says the McAleers have no legal right to occupy the land and seeks orders to vacate and stop trespassing.

Who, what, where, when and why

What: Report matter: DAA launches new action against Traveller family over disputed runway lands. Procedural stage: hearing_or_decision

When:

• 2021-03-12 Publication

Why: Counsel said it is the DAA's case that neither the couple, nor anyone else, have a legal right to reside at the site and in order to prevent delays to the runway project is seeking orders against them. CNI source report

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Read the original CNI report